#38BEC1#38BEC1

#38BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC1
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -33.83, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 35.86, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1065 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6656, 41.5144, 56.8913)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC1 #C13B38

analogous

#38C180 #38BEC1 #387AC1

triadic

#38BEC1 #C138BE #BEC138

tetradic

#38BEC1 #8038C1 #C13B38 #7AC138

square

#38BEC1 #8038C1 #C13B38 #7AC138

split-complementary

#38BEC1 #C1387A #C18038

monochromatic

#1C6162 #2A8F92 #38BEC1 #64D0D2 #94DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC1

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC1	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d3',
    500: '#38bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec1;
$custom-light: #83d2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC1

secondary

#CB8B8A

accent

#4D49DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC1

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

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