#38BBCA#38BBCA

#38BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBCA
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -29.72, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 34.61, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0997 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0572, 40.6421, 62.1263)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBCA #CA4738

analogous

#38CA90 #38BBCA #3872CA

triadic

#38BBCA #CA38BB #BBCA38

tetradic

#38BBCA #9038CA #CA4738 #72CA38

square

#38BBCA #9038CA #CA4738 #72CA38

split-complementary

#38BBCA #CA3872 #CA9038

monochromatic

#1D636B #29909B #38BBCA #68CCD7 #99DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBCA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBCA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0da',
    500: '#38bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbca;
$custom-light: #84d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.164,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72927,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBCA

secondary

#CF958E

accent

#5747E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBCA

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

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