#38BEC2#38BEC2

#38BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC2
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -33.54, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 35.75, 200.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.106 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(29.7776, 41.5592, 57.4808)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC2 #C23C38

analogous

#38C281 #38BEC2 #3879C2

triadic

#38BEC2 #C238BE #BEC238

tetradic

#38BEC2 #8138C2 #C23C38 #79C238

square

#38BEC2 #8138C2 #C23C38 #79C238

split-complementary

#38BEC2 #C23879 #C28138

monochromatic

#1D6163 #2A8F93 #38BEC2 #65CFD2 #94DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#38BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC2

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC2	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d4',
    500: '#38bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec2;
$custom-light: #84d2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.41563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC2

secondary

#CB8C8A

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC2

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

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