#38BCC5#38BCC5

#38BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC5
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -31.70, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.98, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1028 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6877, 40.8349, 59.1298)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC5 #C54138

analogous

#38C588 #38BCC5 #3875C5

triadic

#38BCC5 #C538BC #BCC538

tetradic

#38BCC5 #8838C5 #C54138 #75C538

square

#38BCC5 #8838C5 #C54138 #75C538

split-complementary

#38BCC5 #C53875 #C58838

monochromatic

#1D6166 #2A8F95 #38BCC5 #67CDD4 #96DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC5

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC5	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d6',
    500: '#38bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc5;
$custom-light: #84d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.83,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC5

secondary

#CD908C

accent

#5249DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC5

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

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