#38BECB#38BECB

#38BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BECB
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -30.87, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 35.18, 208.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1022 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.112 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8191, 41.9758, 62.9662)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BECB #CB4538

analogous

#38CB8E #38BECB #3874CB

triadic

#38BECB #CB38BE #BECB38

tetradic

#38BECB #8E38CB #CB4538 #74CB38

square

#38BECB #8E38CB #CB4538 #74CB38

split-complementary

#38BECB #CB3874 #CB8E38

monochromatic

#1C656C #29939D #38BECB #69CED8 #99DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#38BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BECB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BECB	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2da',
    500: '#38becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38becb;
$custom-light: #84d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73689,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BECB

secondary

#D0958F

accent

#5446E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BECB

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

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