#38BBCC#38BBCC

#38BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBCC
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -29.11, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.61, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0989 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.112 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2956, 40.7374, 63.3815)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBCC #CC4938

analogous

#38CC93 #38BBCC #3871CC

triadic

#38BBCC #CC38BB #BBCC38

tetradic

#38BBCC #9338CC #CC4938 #71CC38

square

#38BBCC #9338CC #CC4938 #71CC38

split-complementary

#38BBCC #CC3871 #CC9338

monochromatic

#1C646E #29919E #38BBCC #69CCD8 #99DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBCC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBCC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0db',
    500: '#38bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbcc;
$custom-light: #84d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73003,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBCC

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5745E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBCC

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

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