#38BACA#38BACA

#38BACA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BACA
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -29.23, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 34.43, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0987 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.111 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8458, 40.2193, 62.0558)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BACA #CA4838

analogous

#38CA91 #38BACA #3871CA

triadic

#38BACA #CA38BA #BACA38

tetradic

#38BACA #9138CA #CA4838 #71CA38

square

#38BACA #9138CA #CA4838 #71CA38

split-complementary

#38BACA #CA3871 #CA9138

monochromatic

#1D626B #298F9B #38BACA #68CBD7 #99DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BACA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BACA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38baca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfda',
    500: '#38baca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38baca;
$custom-light: #84cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38baca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BACA

secondary

#CF968E

accent

#5847E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BACA

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

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