#38BCC8#38BCC8

#38BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC8
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -30.80, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 34.85, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1015 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(30.0348, 40.9738, 60.9582)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC8 #C84438

analogous

#38C88C #38BCC8 #3874C8

triadic

#38BCC8 #C838BC #BCC838

tetradic

#38BCC8 #8C38C8 #C84438 #74C838

square

#38BCC8 #8C38C8 #C84438 #74C838

split-complementary

#38BCC8 #C83874 #C88C38

monochromatic

#1D6269 #2A8F99 #38BCC8 #68CCD5 #98DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC8

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC8	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d8',
    500: '#38bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc8;
$custom-light: #84d0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.40977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC8

secondary

#CE938E

accent

#5548E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC8

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

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