#38BEC4#38BEC4

#38BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC4
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -32.95, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 35.57, 202.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1052 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.112 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0037, 41.6496, 58.6717)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC4 #C43E38

analogous

#38C484 #38BEC4 #3878C4

triadic

#38BEC4 #C438BE #BEC438

tetradic

#38BEC4 #8438C4 #C43E38 #78C438

square

#38BEC4 #8438C4 #C43E38 #78C438

split-complementary

#38BEC4 #C43878 #C48438

monochromatic

#1D6265 #2A9094 #38BEC4 #66CFD3 #96DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC4

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC4	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d5',
    500: '#38bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec4;
$custom-light: #84d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC4

secondary

#CC8E8C

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC4

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

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