#38B0C5#38B0C5

#38B0C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0C5
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 197)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -25.81, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 32.80, 218.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0909 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.107 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2300, 35.9195, 58.3105)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0C5 #C54D38

analogous

#38C593 #38B0C5 #386AC5

triadic

#38B0C5 #C538B0 #B0C538

tetradic

#38B0C5 #9338C5 #C54D38 #6AC538

square

#38B0C5 #9338C5 #C54D38 #6AC538

split-complementary

#38B0C5 #C5386A #C59338

monochromatic

#1D5B66 #2A8595 #38B0C5 #67C3D4 #96D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0C5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0C5	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)

#9FAAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d6',
    500: '#38b0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0c5;
$custom-light: #82c8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0C5

secondary

#CD968C

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0C5

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

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