#38BEC9#38BEC9

#38BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEC9
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -31.47, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 35.25, 206.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.1031 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.112 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5823, 41.8811, 61.7191)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEC9 #C94338

analogous

#38C98C #38BEC9 #3875C9

triadic

#38BEC9 #C938BE #BEC938

tetradic

#38BEC9 #8C38C9 #C94338 #75C938

square

#38BEC9 #8C38C9 #C94338 #75C938

split-complementary

#38BEC9 #C93875 #C98C38

monochromatic

#1D646A #2A919A #38BEC9 #68CED6 #98DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#38BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEC9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEC9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d9',
    500: '#38bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bec9;
$custom-light: #84d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.552,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73615,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEC9

secondary

#CF938E

accent

#5347E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEC9

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

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