#38BAC5#38BAC5

#38BAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC5
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -30.74, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 34.51, 207.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1008 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.11 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2634, 39.9863, 58.9884)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC5 #C54338

analogous

#38C58A #38BAC5 #3874C5

triadic

#38BAC5 #C538BA #BAC538

tetradic

#38BAC5 #8A38C5 #C54338 #74C538

square

#38BAC5 #8A38C5 #C54338 #74C538

split-complementary

#38BAC5 #C53874 #C58A38

monochromatic

#1D6066 #2A8D95 #38BAC5 #67CBD4 #96DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd6',
    500: '#38bac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac5;
$custom-light: #83cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC5

secondary

#CD918C

accent

#5449DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC5

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

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