#38BCCC#38BCCC

#38BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCCC
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -29.60, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 34.79, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0998 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.112 207)
XYZ	xyz(30.5084, 41.1632, 63.4524)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCCC #CC4838

analogous

#38CC92 #38BCCC #3872CC

triadic

#38BCCC #CC38BC #BCCC38

tetradic

#38BCCC #9238CC #CC4838 #72CC38

square

#38BCCC #9238CC #CC4838 #72CC38

split-complementary

#38BCCC #CC3872 #CC9238

monochromatic

#1C656E #29929E #38BCCC #69CCD8 #99DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#38BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCCC

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCCC	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0db',
    500: '#38bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bccc;
$custom-light: #84d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.41167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCCC

secondary

#D1968F

accent

#5645E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCCC

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

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