#38BCC2#38BCC2

#38BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC2
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -32.59, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 35.20, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1041 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.11 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3474, 40.6988, 57.3374)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC2 #C23E38

analogous

#38C283 #38BCC2 #3877C2

triadic

#38BCC2 #C238BC #BCC238

tetradic

#38BCC2 #8338C2 #C23E38 #77C238

square

#38BCC2 #8338C2 #C23E38 #77C238

split-complementary

#38BCC2 #C23877 #C28338

monochromatic

#1D6063 #2A8E93 #38BCC2 #65CED2 #94DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC2	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d4',
    500: '#38bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc2;
$custom-light: #83d0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC2

secondary

#CB8D8A

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC2

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

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