#38BEC7#38BEC7

#38BEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC7
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -32.07, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 35.35, 204.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1039 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3486, 41.7876, 60.4881)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC7 #C74138

analogous

#38C788 #38BEC7 #3877C7

triadic

#38BEC7 #C738BE #BEC738

tetradic

#38BEC7 #8838C7 #C74138 #77C738

square

#38BEC7 #8838C7 #C74138 #77C738

split-complementary

#38BEC7 #C73877 #C78838

monochromatic

#1D6367 #2B9097 #38BEC7 #68CED4 #98DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38BEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC7

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC7	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#38bec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec7;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC7

secondary

#CD918D

accent

#5248DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC7

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

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