#38BFCA#38BFCA

#38BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFCA
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -31.65, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 35.43, 206.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.1036 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.113 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9176, 42.3629, 62.4131)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFCA #CA4338

analogous

#38CA8C #38BFCA #3876CA

triadic

#38BFCA #CA38BF #BFCA38

tetradic

#38BFCA #8C38CA #CA4338 #76CA38

square

#38BFCA #8C38CA #CA4338 #76CA38

split-complementary

#38BFCA #CA3876 #CA8C38

monochromatic

#1D656B #29939B #38BFCA #68CFD7 #99DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFCA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFCA	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 203.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFCA

secondary

#CF938E

accent

#5247E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFCA

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

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