#38BBC3#38BBC3

#38BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC3
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -31.82, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 34.86, 204.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1026 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2472, 40.3181, 57.8599)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC3 #C34038

analogous

#38C386 #38BBC3 #3876C3

triadic

#38BBC3 #C338BB #BBC338

tetradic

#38BBC3 #8638C3 #C34038 #76C338

square

#38BBC3 #8638C3 #C34038 #76C338

split-complementary

#38BBC3 #C33876 #C38638

monochromatic

#1D6064 #2A8D93 #38BBC3 #65CDD3 #95DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC3	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)

#ADB3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc3;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.453,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC3

secondary

#CC8F8B

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC3

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

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