#38BBCD#38BBCD

#38BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBCD
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -28.80, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.63, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0985 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.112 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4159, 40.7856, 64.0151)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBCD #CD4A38

analogous

#38CD94 #38BBCD #3870CD

triadic

#38BBCD #CD38BB #BBCD38

tetradic

#38BBCD #9438CD #CD4A38 #70CD38

square

#38BBCD #9438CD #CD4A38 #70CD38

split-complementary

#38BBCD #CD3870 #CD9438

monochromatic

#1C656F #2891A0 #38BBCD #69CCD9 #9ADCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBCD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBCD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0dc',
    500: '#38bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbcd;
$custom-light: #84d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBCD

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBCD

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

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