#38BBC1#38BBC1

#38BBC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC1
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 3.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -32.41, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 35.01, 202.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1035 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0226, 40.2282, 56.6770)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC1 #C13E38

analogous

#38C183 #38BBC1 #3877C1

triadic

#38BBC1 #C138BB #BBC138

tetradic

#38BBC1 #8338C1 #C13E38 #77C138

square

#38BBC1 #8338C1 #C13E38 #77C138

split-complementary

#38BBC1 #C13877 #C18338

monochromatic

#1C5F62 #2A8D92 #38BBC1 #64CDD2 #94DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC1	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)

#ADB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#38bbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc1;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC1

secondary

#CB8D8A

accent

#5049DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC1

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

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