#38BAC3#38BAC3

#38BAC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC3
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -31.34, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.61, 205.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1016 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.11 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0358, 39.8953, 57.7895)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC3 #C34138

analogous

#38C387 #38BAC3 #3875C3

triadic

#38BAC3 #C338BA #BAC338

tetradic

#38BAC3 #8738C3 #C34138 #75C338

square

#38BAC3 #8738C3 #C34138 #75C338

split-complementary

#38BAC3 #C33875 #C38738

monochromatic

#1D5F64 #2A8D93 #38BAC3 #65CCD3 #95DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BAC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BAC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd5',
    500: '#38bac3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac3;
$custom-light: #83cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.885,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC3

secondary

#CC8F8B

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC3

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

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