#38BCCF#38BCCF

#38BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCCF
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -28.68, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.83, 214.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0986 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.113 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8717, 41.3085, 65.3657)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCCF #CF4B38

analogous

#38CF97 #38BCCF #3871CF

triadic

#38BCCF #CF38BC #BCCF38

tetradic

#38BCCF #9738CF #CF4B38 #71CF38

square

#38BCCF #9738CF #CF4B38 #71CF38

split-complementary

#38BCCF #CF3871 #CF9738

monochromatic

#1B6671 #2793A3 #38BCCF #69CDDB #9BDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCCF

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCCF	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0dd',
    500: '#38bccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bccf;
$custom-light: #85d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCCF

secondary

#D39990

accent

#5844E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCCF

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

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