#38BCC3#38BCC3

#38BCC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC3
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -32.30, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 35.12, 203.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1036 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.11 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4600, 40.7438, 57.9309)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC3 #C33F38

analogous

#38C385 #38BCC3 #3876C3

triadic

#38BCC3 #C338BC #BCC338

tetradic

#38BCC3 #8538C3 #C33F38 #76C338

square

#38BCC3 #8538C3 #C33F38 #76C338

split-complementary

#38BCC3 #C33876 #C38538

monochromatic

#1D6064 #2A8E93 #38BCC3 #65CDD3 #95DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38BCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC3	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bcc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc3;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.022,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC3

secondary

#CC8E8B

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC3

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

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