#38B2C2#38B2C2

#38B2C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C2
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -27.73, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 32.97, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0941 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.106 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2847, 36.5734, 56.6499)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C2 #C24838

analogous

#38C28D #38B2C2 #386DC2

triadic

#38B2C2 #C238B2 #B2C238

tetradic

#38B2C2 #8D38C2 #C24838 #6DC238

square

#38B2C2 #8D38C2 #C24838 #6DC238

split-complementary

#38B2C2 #C2386D #C28D38

monochromatic

#1D5B63 #2A8693 #38B2C2 #65C6D2 #94D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C2	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d4',
    500: '#38b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c2;
$custom-light: #82c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7044,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C2

secondary

#CB928A

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C2

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

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