#38B0C4#38B0C4

#38B0C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C4
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 196)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -26.12, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 32.74, 217.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0913 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.107 211)
XYZ	xyz(27.1158, 35.8738, 57.7091)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C4 #C44C38

analogous

#38C492 #38B0C4 #386AC4

triadic

#38B0C4 #C438B0 #B0C438

tetradic

#38B0C4 #9238C4 #C44C38 #6AC438

square

#38B0C4 #9238C4 #C44C38 #6AC438

split-complementary

#38B0C4 #C4386A #C49238

monochromatic

#1D5B65 #2A8594 #38B0C4 #66C4D3 #96D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C4	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d5',
    500: '#38b0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c4;
$custom-light: #82c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C4

secondary

#CC958C

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C4

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

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