#38BCC4#38BCC4

#38BCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC4
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -32.00, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 35.05, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1032 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(29.5735, 40.7892, 58.5283)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC4 #C44038

analogous

#38C486 #38BCC4 #3876C4

triadic

#38BCC4 #C438BC #BCC438

tetradic

#38BCC4 #8638C4 #C44038 #76C438

square

#38BCC4 #8638C4 #C44038 #76C438

split-complementary

#38BCC4 #C43876 #C48638

monochromatic

#1D6165 #2A8E94 #38BCC4 #66CDD3 #96DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d5',
    500: '#38bcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc4;
$custom-light: #83d0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC4

secondary

#CC8F8C

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC4

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

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