#38BCCB#38BCCB

#38BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BCCB
RGBrgb(56, 188, 203)
HSLhsl(186, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(186, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.26, -29.90, -17.78)
CIE-LCHlch(70.26, 34.79, 210.74°)
OKLaboklab(73.21% -0.1003 -0.0494)
OKLCHoklch(73.21% 0.112 206.2)
XYZxyz(30.3889, 41.1154, 62.8228)
Luminance0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BCCB #CB4738
analogous
#38CB90 #38BCCB #3873CB
triadic
#38BCCB #CB38BC #BCCB38
tetradic
#38BCCB #9038CB #CB4738 #73CB38
square
#38BCCB #9038CB #CB4738 #73CB38
split-complementary
#38BCCB #CB3873 #CB9038
monochromatic
#1C646C #29919D #38BCCB #69CCD8 #99DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#38BCCB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22
#38BCCB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCCB
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BCCB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BCCB1.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB4CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A5CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 206.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0da',
    500: '#38bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bccb;
$custom-light: #84d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BCCB
secondary
#D0958F
accent
#5646E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCCB

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#38BCCB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva