#38B0C2#38B0C2

#38B0C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B0C2
RGBrgb(56, 176, 194)
HSLhsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(188, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.35, -26.74, -18.74)
CIE-LCHlch(66.35, 32.65, 215.03°)
OKLaboklab(69.95% -0.0921 -0.0521)
OKLCHoklch(69.95% 0.106 209.5)
XYZxyz(26.8896, 35.7833, 56.5182)
Luminance0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B0C2 #C24A38
analogous
#38C28F #38B0C2 #386BC2
triadic
#38B0C2 #C238B0 #B0C238
tetradic
#38B0C2 #8F38C2 #C24A38 #6BC238
square
#38B0C2 #8F38C2 #C24A38 #6BC238
split-complementary
#38B0C2 #C2386B #C28F38
monochromatic
#1D5A63 #2A8593 #38B0C2 #65C4D2 #94D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57
#38B0C2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16
#38B0C2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C2
8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B0C2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B0C21.002.578.168.16
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1621.001.001.00
##0000008.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0AAC3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D9BC2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 209.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d4',
    500: '#38b0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b0c2;
$custom-light: #82c8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B0C2
secondary
#CB938A
accent
#5D49DF
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C2

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#38B0C2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva