#38BEC6#38BEC6

#38BEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC6
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -32.36, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 35.42, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1043 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.112 201)
XYZ	xyz(30.2328, 41.7413, 59.8786)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC6 #C64038

analogous

#38C687 #38BEC6 #3877C6

triadic

#38BEC6 #C638BE #BEC638

tetradic

#38BEC6 #8738C6 #C64038 #77C638

square

#38BEC6 #8738C6 #C64038 #77C638

split-complementary

#38BEC6 #C63877 #C68738

monochromatic

#1D6267 #2B9096 #38BEC6 #67CED4 #97DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC6	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d7',
    500: '#38bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec6;
$custom-light: #84d2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.38,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.41745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC6

secondary

#CD908D

accent

#5149DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC6

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

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