#38BBC0#38BBC0

#38BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC0
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -32.70, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 35.10, 201.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1039 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9114, 40.1838, 56.0915)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC0 #C03D38

analogous

#38C081 #38BBC0 #3877C0

triadic

#38BBC0 #C038BB #BBC038

tetradic

#38BBC0 #8138C0 #C03D38 #77C038

square

#38BBC0 #8138C0 #C03D38 #77C038

split-complementary

#38BBC0 #C03877 #C08138

monochromatic

#1C5F61 #2A8D91 #38BBC0 #64CED2 #93DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC0	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)

#AEB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#38bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc0;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72557,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC0

secondary

#CB8C89

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC0

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

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