#38AFBC#38AFBC

#38AFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFBC
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -28.08, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 32.41, 209.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0936 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.104 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0340, 35.1285, 52.9756)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFBC #BC4538

analogous

#38BC87 #38AFBC #386DBC

triadic

#38AFBC #BC38AF #AFBC38

tetradic

#38AFBC #8738BC #BC4538 #6DBC38

square

#38AFBC #8738BC #BC4538 #6DBC38

split-complementary

#38AFBC #BC386D #BC8738

monochromatic

#1C575E #2A838D #38AFBC #61C5D0 #90D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#38AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFBC

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFBC	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d0',
    500: '#38afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afbc;
$custom-light: #81c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69479,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFBC

secondary

#C98D87

accent

#594ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFBC

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

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