#38BAC4#38BAC4

#38BAC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC4
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -31.04, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 34.56, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1012 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1492, 39.9406, 58.3869)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC4 #C44238

analogous

#38C488 #38BAC4 #3874C4

triadic

#38BAC4 #C438BA #BAC438

tetradic

#38BAC4 #8838C4 #C44238 #74C438

square

#38BAC4 #8838C4 #C44238 #74C438

split-complementary

#38BAC4 #C43874 #C48838

monochromatic

#1D6065 #2A8D94 #38BAC4 #66CBD3 #96DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC4

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC4	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd5',
    500: '#38bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac4;
$custom-light: #83cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC4

secondary

#CC908C

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC4

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

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