#38BCC0#38BCC0

#38BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC0
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -33.18, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 35.38, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1049 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.1243, 40.6095, 56.1624)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC0 #C03C38

analogous

#38C080 #38BCC0 #3878C0

triadic

#38BCC0 #C038BC #BCC038

tetradic

#38BCC0 #8038C0 #C03C38 #78C038

square

#38BCC0 #8038C0 #C03C38 #78C038

split-complementary

#38BCC0 #C03878 #C08038

monochromatic

#1C5F61 #2A8E91 #38BCC0 #64CED2 #93DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC0

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC0	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#38bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc0;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC0

secondary

#CB8B89

accent

#4E4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC0

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

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