#38B2C0#38B2C0

#38B2C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C0
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -28.34, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 32.96, 210.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0949 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.106 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0616, 36.4842, 55.4749)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C0 #C04638

analogous

#38C08A #38B2C0 #386EC0

triadic

#38B2C0 #C038B2 #B2C038

tetradic

#38B2C0 #8A38C0 #C04638 #6EC038

square

#38B2C0 #8A38C0 #C04638 #6EC038

split-complementary

#38B2C0 #C0386E #C08A38

monochromatic

#1C5A61 #2A8691 #38B2C0 #64C6D2 #93D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#38B2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C0

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C0	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d3',
    500: '#38b2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c0;
$custom-light: #82c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C0

secondary

#CB9089

accent

#594ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C0

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

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