#38BAC6#38BAC6

#38BAC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC6
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -30.44, -16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 34.48, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1004 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3784, 40.0323, 59.5938)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC6 #C64438

analogous

#38C68B #38BAC6 #3873C6

triadic

#38BAC6 #C638BA #BAC638

tetradic

#38BAC6 #8B38C6 #C64438 #73C638

square

#38BAC6 #8B38C6 #C64438 #73C638

split-complementary

#38BAC6 #C63873 #C68B38

monochromatic

#1D6067 #2B8D96 #38BAC6 #67CBD4 #97DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfd7',
    500: '#38bac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac6;
$custom-light: #83cfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC6

secondary

#CD928D

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC6

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

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