#38BECF#38BECF

#38BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BECF
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -29.66, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 35.15, 212.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1006 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3019, 42.1689, 65.5091)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BECF #CF4938

analogous

#38CF95 #38BECF #3873CF

triadic

#38BECF #CF38BE #BECF38

tetradic

#38BECF #9538CF #CF4938 #73CF38

square

#38BECF #9538CF #CF4938 #73CF38

split-complementary

#38BECF #CF3873 #CF9538

monochromatic

#1B6871 #2795A3 #38BECF #69CEDB #9BDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#38BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#38BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BECF

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BECF	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2dd',
    500: '#38becf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38becf;
$custom-light: #85d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.755,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BECF

secondary

#D39890

accent

#5644E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BECF

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

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