#38BECD#38BECD

#38BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BECD
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -30.26, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.15, 210.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1014 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.113 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0590, 42.0717, 64.2295)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BECD #CD4738

analogous

#38CD91 #38BECD #3873CD

triadic

#38BECD #CD38BE #BECD38

tetradic

#38BECD #9138CD #CD4738 #73CD38

square

#38BECD #9138CD #CD4738 #73CD38

split-complementary

#38BECD #CD3873 #CD9138

monochromatic

#1C666F #2894A0 #38BECD #69CED9 #9ADEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#38BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BECD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BECD	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)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2dc',
    500: '#38becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38becd;
$custom-light: #85d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.04,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BECD

secondary

#D1968F

accent

#5545E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BECD

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

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