#38B0C3#38B0C3

#38B0C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C3
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 195)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -26.43, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 32.69, 216.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0917 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.106 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0023, 35.8284, 57.1116)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C3 #C34B38

analogous

#38C390 #38B0C3 #386BC3

triadic

#38B0C3 #C338B0 #B0C338

tetradic

#38B0C3 #9038C3 #C34B38 #6BC338

square

#38B0C3 #9038C3 #C34B38 #6BC338

split-complementary

#38B0C3 #C3386B #C39038

monochromatic

#1D5A64 #2A8593 #38B0C3 #65C4D3 #95D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B0C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B0C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C3

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C3	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d5',
    500: '#38b0c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c3;
$custom-light: #82c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.201,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C3

secondary

#CC948B

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C3

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

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