#38BBC9#38BBC9

#38BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBC9
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -30.02, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 34.62, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.1001 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.111 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9392, 40.5949, 61.5047)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBC9 #C94638

analogous

#38C98E #38BBC9 #3872C9

triadic

#38BBC9 #C938BB #BBC938

tetradic

#38BBC9 #8E38C9 #C94638 #72C938

square

#38BBC9 #8E38C9 #C94638 #72C938

split-complementary

#38BBC9 #C93872 #C98E38

monochromatic

#1D626A #2A8F9A #38BBC9 #68CBD6 #98DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBC9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBC9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d9',
    500: '#38bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbc9;
$custom-light: #84d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBC9

secondary

#CF948E

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBC9

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

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