#38BBC8#38BBC8

#38BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC8
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -30.32, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 34.64, 208.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1005 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8220, 40.5480, 60.8872)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC8 #C84538

analogous

#38C88D #38BBC8 #3873C8

triadic

#38BBC8 #C838BB #BBC838

tetradic

#38BBC8 #8D38C8 #C84538 #73C838

square

#38BBC8 #8D38C8 #C84538 #73C838

split-complementary

#38BBC8 #C83873 #C88D38

monochromatic

#1D6269 #2A8F99 #38BBC8 #68CBD5 #98DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC8	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d8',
    500: '#38bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc8;
$custom-light: #84d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC8

secondary

#CE948E

accent

#5648E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC8

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

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