#38BEC0#38BEC0

#38BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC0
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -34.12, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 35.97, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1069 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5545, 41.4699, 56.3058)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC0 #C03A38

analogous

#38C07E #38BEC0 #387AC0

triadic

#38BEC0 #C038BE #BEC038

tetradic

#38BEC0 #7E38C0 #C03A38 #7AC038

square

#38BEC0 #7E38C0 #C03A38 #7AC038

split-complementary

#38BEC0 #C0387A #C07E38

monochromatic

#1C6061 #2A8F91 #38BEC0 #64D0D2 #93DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC0

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC0	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d3',
    500: '#38bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec0;
$custom-light: #83d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC0

secondary

#CB8A89

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC0

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

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