#38BEC5#38BEC5

#38BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC5
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -32.66, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 35.49, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1048 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1179, 41.6953, 59.2732)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC5 #C53F38

analogous

#38C586 #38BEC5 #3877C5

triadic

#38BEC5 #C538BE #BEC538

tetradic

#38BEC5 #8638C5 #C53F38 #77C538

square

#38BEC5 #8638C5 #C53F38 #77C538

split-complementary

#38BEC5 #C53877 #C58638

monochromatic

#1D6266 #2A9095 #38BEC5 #67CED4 #96DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#38BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC5

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC5	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d6',
    500: '#38bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec5;
$custom-light: #84d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.979,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC5

secondary

#CD8F8C

accent

#5049DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC5

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

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