#38ACC2#38ACC2

#38ACC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACC2
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -24.73, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 32.17, 219.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0881 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.105 213)
XYZ	xyz(26.1169, 34.2378, 56.2606)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACC2 #C24E38

analogous

#38C293 #38ACC2 #3867C2

triadic

#38ACC2 #C238AC #ACC238

tetradic

#38ACC2 #9338C2 #C24E38 #67C238

square

#38ACC2 #9338C2 #C24E38 #67C238

split-complementary

#38ACC2 #C23867 #C29338

monochromatic

#1D5863 #2A8293 #38ACC2 #65C1D2 #94D4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#38ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACC2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACC2	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8898C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5d4',
    500: '#38acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acc2;
$custom-light: #82c5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68985,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.34241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACC2

secondary

#CB958A

accent

#6149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACC2

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

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