#38B0C0#38B0C0

#38B0C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C0
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 192)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -27.35, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 32.60, 212.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0929 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.105 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6665, 35.6941, 55.3432)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C0 #C04838

analogous

#38C08C #38B0C0 #386CC0

triadic

#38B0C0 #C038B0 #B0C038

tetradic

#38B0C0 #8C38C0 #C04838 #6CC038

square

#38B0C0 #8C38C0 #C04838 #6CC038

split-complementary

#38B0C0 #C0386C #C08C38

monochromatic

#1C5961 #2A8591 #38B0C0 #64C5D2 #93D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#38B0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C0

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C0	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d3',
    500: '#38b0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c0;
$custom-light: #82c8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C0

secondary

#CB9189

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C0

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

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