#38BCBC#38BCBC

#38BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCBC
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -34.34, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.85, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1067 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.11 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.6871, 40.4347, 53.8600)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCBC #BC3838

analogous

#38BC7A #38BCBC #387ABC

triadic

#38BCBC #BC38BC #BCBC38

tetradic

#38BCBC #7A38BC #BC3838 #7ABC38

square

#38BCBC #7A38BC #BC3838 #7ABC38

split-complementary

#38BCBC #BC387A #BC7A38

monochromatic

#1C5E5E #2A8D8D #38BCBC #61D0D0 #90DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCBC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCBC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d0',
    500: '#38bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcbc;
$custom-light: #83d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.40438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCBC

secondary

#C98787

accent

#4A4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCBC

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

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