#38B1C4#38B1C4

#38B1C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1C4
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -26.62, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 32.87, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0923 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.107 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3126, 36.2674, 57.7747)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1C4 #C44B38

analogous

#38C491 #38B1C4 #386BC4

triadic

#38B1C4 #C438B1 #B1C438

tetradic

#38B1C4 #9138C4 #C44B38 #6BC438

square

#38B1C4 #9138C4 #C44B38 #6BC438

split-complementary

#38B1C4 #C4386B #C49138

monochromatic

#1D5B65 #2A8694 #38B1C4 #66C4D3 #96D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1C4

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1C4	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ABC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d5',
    500: '#38b1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1c4;
$custom-light: #82c8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1C4

secondary

#CC948C

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1C4

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

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