#38BBC5#38BBC5

#38BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC5
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -31.22, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 34.74, 206.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1018 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4748, 40.4091, 59.0588)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC5 #C54238

analogous

#38C588 #38BBC5 #3875C5

triadic

#38BBC5 #C538BB #BBC538

tetradic

#38BBC5 #8838C5 #C54238 #75C538

square

#38BBC5 #8838C5 #C54238 #75C538

split-complementary

#38BBC5 #C53875 #C58838

monochromatic

#1D6166 #2A8E95 #38BBC5 #67CCD4 #96DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#38BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d6',
    500: '#38bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc5;
$custom-light: #83d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC5

secondary

#CD918C

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC5

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

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