#38BAC2#38BAC2

#38BAC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC2
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -31.63, -14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 34.67, 204.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1021 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.109 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9231, 39.8502, 57.1960)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC2 #C24038

analogous

#38C285 #38BAC2 #3875C2

triadic

#38BAC2 #C238BA #BAC238

tetradic

#38BAC2 #8538C2 #C24038 #75C238

square

#38BAC2 #8538C2 #C24038 #75C238

split-complementary

#38BAC2 #C23875 #C28538

monochromatic

#1D5F63 #2A8C93 #38BAC2 #65CCD2 #94DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC2

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC2	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd4',
    500: '#38bac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac2;
$custom-light: #83cfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC2

secondary

#CB8E8A

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC2

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

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