#38BEC8#38BEC8

#38BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC8
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -31.77, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 35.30, 205.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.1035 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4651, 41.8342, 61.1016)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC8 #C84238

analogous

#38C88A #38BEC8 #3876C8

triadic

#38BEC8 #C838BE #BEC838

tetradic

#38BEC8 #8A38C8 #C84238 #76C838

square

#38BEC8 #8A38C8 #C84238 #76C838

split-complementary

#38BEC8 #C83876 #C88A38

monochromatic

#1D6369 #2A9199 #38BEC8 #68CED5 #98DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#38BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC8

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC8	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#38bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec8;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC8

secondary

#CE928E

accent

#5248E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC8

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

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