#38BAC0#38BAC0

#38BAC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC0
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -32.23, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.82, 202.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1029 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7000, 39.7610, 56.0210)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC0 #C03E38

analogous

#38C082 #38BAC0 #3876C0

triadic

#38BAC0 #C038BA #BAC038

tetradic

#38BAC0 #8238C0 #C03E38 #76C038

square

#38BAC0 #8238C0 #C03E38 #76C038

split-complementary

#38BAC0 #C03876 #C08238

monochromatic

#1C5E61 #2A8C91 #38BAC0 #64CDD2 #93DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC0

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC0	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd3',
    500: '#38bac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac0;
$custom-light: #83cfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72313,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC0

secondary

#CB8C89

accent

#504ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC0

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

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