#38BCC7#38BCC7

#38BCC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC7
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -31.10, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 34.88, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1019 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9184, 40.9272, 60.3447)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC7 #C74338

analogous

#38C78A #38BCC7 #3875C7

triadic

#38BCC7 #C738BC #BCC738

tetradic

#38BCC7 #8A38C7 #C74338 #75C738

square

#38BCC7 #8A38C7 #C74338 #75C738

split-complementary

#38BCC7 #C73875 #C78A38

monochromatic

#1D6267 #2B8F97 #38BCC7 #68CCD4 #98DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC7

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC7	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d8',
    500: '#38bcc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc7;
$custom-light: #84d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73056,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC7

secondary

#CD928D

accent

#5448DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC7

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

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