#38BBCF#38BBCF

#38BBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBCF
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -28.19, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 34.69, 215.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0976 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.113 210)
XYZ	xyz(30.6588, 40.8827, 65.2947)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBCF #CF4C38

analogous

#38CF98 #38BBCF #3870CF

triadic

#38BBCF #CF38BB #BBCF38

tetradic

#38BBCF #9838CF #CF4C38 #70CF38

square

#38BBCF #9838CF #CF4C38 #70CF38

split-complementary

#38BBCF #CF3870 #CF9838

monochromatic

#1B6671 #2792A3 #38BBCF #69CCDB #9BDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBCF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBCF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfdd',
    500: '#38bbcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbcf;
$custom-light: #85cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.40886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBCF

secondary

#D39990

accent

#5944E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBCF

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

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