#38BACF#38BACF

#38BACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BACF
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -27.69, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 34.56, 216.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0967 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.113 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4474, 40.4599, 65.2242)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BACF #CF4D38

analogous

#38CF98 #38BACF #386FCF

triadic

#38BACF #CF38BA #BACF38

tetradic

#38BACF #9838CF #CF4D38 #6FCF38

square

#38BACF #9838CF #CF4D38 #6FCF38

split-complementary

#38BACF #CF386F #CF9838

monochromatic

#1B6571 #2791A3 #38BACF #69CBDB #9BDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BACF

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BACF	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdd',
    500: '#38bacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bacf;
$custom-light: #84cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.344,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BACF

secondary

#D39990

accent

#5A44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BACF

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

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