#38BAC8#38BAC8

#38BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAC8
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -29.83, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 34.43, 209.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0995 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.11 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6106, 40.1252, 60.8167)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAC8 #C84638

analogous

#38C88E #38BAC8 #3872C8

triadic

#38BAC8 #C838BA #BAC838

tetradic

#38BAC8 #8E38C8 #C84638 #72C838

square

#38BAC8 #8E38C8 #C84638 #72C838

split-complementary

#38BAC8 #C83872 #C88E38

monochromatic

#1D6169 #2A8E99 #38BAC8 #68CBD5 #98DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAC8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAC8	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfd8',
    500: '#38bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bac8;
$custom-light: #84cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAC8

secondary

#CE948E

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAC8

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

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