#38BEC3#38BEC3

#38BEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC3
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -33.25, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 35.66, 201.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1056 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.112 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8903, 41.6043, 58.0743)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC3 #C33D38

analogous

#38C383 #38BEC3 #3879C3

triadic

#38BEC3 #C338BE #BEC338

tetradic

#38BEC3 #8338C3 #C33D38 #79C338

square

#38BEC3 #8338C3 #C33D38 #79C338

split-complementary

#38BEC3 #C33879 #C38338

monochromatic

#1D6164 #2A9093 #38BEC3 #65CFD3 #95DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#38BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC3	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d5',
    500: '#38bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec3;
$custom-light: #84d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73396,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC3

secondary

#CC8D8B

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC3

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

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