#38BACC#38BACC

#38BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.111 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BACC
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -28.62, -19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 34.45, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0979 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.111 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0842, 40.3146, 63.3110)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BACC #CC4A38

analogous

#38CC94 #38BACC #3870CC

triadic

#38BACC #CC38BA #BACC38

tetradic

#38BACC #9438CC #CC4A38 #70CC38

square

#38BACC #9438CC #CC4A38 #70CC38

split-complementary

#38BACC #CC3870 #CC9438

monochromatic

#1C646E #29909E #38BACC #69CBD8 #99DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BACC

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BACC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.111 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdb',
    500: '#38bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bacc;
$custom-light: #84cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BACC

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5945E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BACC

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

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