#38BACD#38BACD

#38BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.112 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BACD
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -28.31, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.48, 214.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0975 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.112 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2045, 40.3628, 63.9447)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BACD #CD4B38

analogous

#38CD95 #38BACD #386FCD

triadic

#38BACD #CD38BA #BACD38

tetradic

#38BACD #9538CD #CD4B38 #6FCD38

square

#38BACD #9538CD #CD4B38 #6FCD38

split-complementary

#38BACD #CD386F #CD9538

monochromatic

#1C646F #2890A0 #38BACD #69CBD9 #9ADCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BACD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BACD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.112 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdc',
    500: '#38bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bacd;
$custom-light: #84cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BACD

secondary

#D1988F

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BACD

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

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