#38ACC1#38ACC1

#38ACC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC1
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 193)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -25.04, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 32.09, 218.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0885 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.105 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0050, 34.1930, 55.6711)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC1 #C14D38

analogous

#38C192 #38ACC1 #3868C1

triadic

#38ACC1 #C138AC #ACC138

tetradic

#38ACC1 #9238C1 #C14D38 #68C138

square

#38ACC1 #9238C1 #C14D38 #68C138

split-complementary

#38ACC1 #C13868 #C19238

monochromatic

#1C5762 #2A8292 #38ACC1 #64C1D2 #94D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ACC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#38ACC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC1

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC1	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d3',
    500: '#38acc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc1;
$custom-light: #81c5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68944,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC1

secondary

#CB948A

accent

#6049DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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