#38BAC7#38BAC7

#38BAC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC7
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -30.14, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 34.45, 208.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.11 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4941, 40.0786, 60.2033)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC7 #C74538

analogous

#38C78D #38BAC7 #3872C7

triadic

#38BAC7 #C738BA #BAC738

tetradic

#38BAC7 #8D38C7 #C74538 #72C738

square

#38BAC7 #8D38C7 #C74538 #72C738

split-complementary

#38BAC7 #C73872 #C78D38

monochromatic

#1D6167 #2B8D97 #38BAC7 #68CBD4 #98DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BAC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BAC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC7

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC7	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfd8',
    500: '#38bac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac7;
$custom-light: #84cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC7

secondary

#CD938D

accent

#5648DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC7

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

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