#38BCC1#38BCC1

#38BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC1
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -32.88, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 35.28, 201.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1045 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2354, 40.6540, 56.7479)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC1 #C13D38

analogous

#38C182 #38BCC1 #3878C1

triadic

#38BCC1 #C138BC #BCC138

tetradic

#38BCC1 #8238C1 #C13D38 #78C138

square

#38BCC1 #8238C1 #C13D38 #78C138

split-complementary

#38BCC1 #C13878 #C18238

monochromatic

#1C6062 #2A8E92 #38BCC1 #64CED2 #94DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC1

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC1	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d3',
    500: '#38bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc1;
$custom-light: #83d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.19,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC1

secondary

#CB8C8A

accent

#4F49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC1

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

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