#38BCCD#38BCCD

#38BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCCD
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -29.29, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 34.79, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0994 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.112 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6288, 41.2113, 64.0861)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCCD #CD4938

analogous

#38CD93 #38BCCD #3871CD

triadic

#38BCCD #CD38BC #BCCD38

tetradic

#38BCCD #9338CD #CD4938 #71CD38

square

#38BCCD #9338CD #CD4938 #71CD38

split-complementary

#38BCCD #CD3871 #CD9338

monochromatic

#1C656F #2892A0 #38BCCD #69CCD9 #9ADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCCD

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCCD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0dc',
    500: '#38bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bccd;
$custom-light: #84d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCCD

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5745E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCCD

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

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