#38BCC6#38BCC6

#38BCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC6
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -31.40, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 34.93, 205.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1024 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8026, 40.8809, 59.7352)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC6 #C64238

analogous

#38C689 #38BCC6 #3875C6

triadic

#38BCC6 #C638BC #BCC638

tetradic

#38BCC6 #8938C6 #C64238 #75C638

square

#38BCC6 #8938C6 #C64238 #75C638

split-complementary

#38BCC6 #C63875 #C68938

monochromatic

#1D6167 #2B8F96 #38BCC6 #67CCD4 #97DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d7',
    500: '#38bcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc6;
$custom-light: #84d0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC6

secondary

#CD918D

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC6

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

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