#38B1C2#38B1C2

#38B1C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.106 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1C2
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -27.24, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 32.81, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.0931 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.106 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0864, 36.1769, 56.5838)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1C2 #C24938

analogous

#38C28E #38B1C2 #386CC2

triadic

#38B1C2 #C238B1 #B1C238

tetradic

#38B1C2 #8E38C2 #C24938 #6CC238

square

#38B1C2 #8E38C2 #C24938 #6CC238

split-complementary

#38B1C2 #C2386C #C28E38

monochromatic

#1D5A63 #2A8693 #38B1C2 #65C5D2 #94D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#38B1C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#38B1C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1C2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1C2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.106 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d4',
    500: '#38b1c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1c2;
$custom-light: #82c8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.391,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70197,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1C2

secondary

#CB928A

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1C2

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

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