#38BFC8#38BFC8

#38BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFC8
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -32.25, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 35.54, 204.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.1045 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6824, 42.2688, 61.1740)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFC8 #C84138

analogous

#38C889 #38BFC8 #3877C8

triadic

#38BFC8 #C838BF #BFC838

tetradic

#38BFC8 #8938C8 #C84138 #77C838

square

#38BFC8 #8938C8 #C84138 #77C838

split-complementary

#38BFC8 #C83877 #C88938

monochromatic

#1D6469 #2A9299 #38BFC8 #68CED5 #98DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#38BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFC8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFC8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2d8',
    500: '#38bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfc8;
$custom-light: #84d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.1124,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFC8

secondary

#CE928E

accent

#5148E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFC8

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

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