#38BACB#38BACB

#38BACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BACB
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -28.92, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 34.43, 212.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0983 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.111 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9646, 40.2668, 62.6814)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BACB #CB4938

analogous

#38CB92 #38BACB #3870CB

triadic

#38BACB #CB38BA #BACB38

tetradic

#38BACB #9238CB #CB4938 #70CB38

square

#38BACB #9238CB #CB4938 #70CB38

split-complementary

#38BACB #CB3870 #CB9238

monochromatic

#1C636C #298F9D #38BACB #69CBD8 #99DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BACB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BACB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 207.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BACB

secondary

#D0968F

accent

#5846E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BACB

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

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