#38BCC9#38BCC9

#38BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCC9
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -30.50, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 34.82, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1011 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1521, 41.0207, 61.5757)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCC9 #C94538

analogous

#38C98D #38BCC9 #3874C9

triadic

#38BCC9 #C938BC #BCC938

tetradic

#38BCC9 #8D38C9 #C94538 #74C938

square

#38BCC9 #8D38C9 #C94538 #74C938

split-complementary

#38BCC9 #C93874 #C98D38

monochromatic

#1D636A #2A909A #38BCC9 #68CCD6 #98DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCC9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCC9	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)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0d9',
    500: '#38bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcc9;
$custom-light: #84d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCC9

secondary

#CF948E

accent

#5547E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCC9

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

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