#38BECC#38BECC

#38BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BECC
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -30.57, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 35.16, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.1018 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.113 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9386, 42.0236, 63.5958)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BECC #CC4638

analogous

#38CC90 #38BECC #3874CC

triadic

#38BECC #CC38BE #BECC38

tetradic

#38BECC #9038CC #CC4638 #74CC38

square

#38BECC #9038CC #CC4638 #74CC38

split-complementary

#38BECC #CC3874 #CC9038

monochromatic

#1C666E #29939E #38BECC #69CED8 #99DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BECC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BECC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2db',
    500: '#38becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38becc;
$custom-light: #85d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73727,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BECC

secondary

#D1958F

accent

#5445E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BECC

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

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