#38B2C3#38B2C3

#38B2C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C3
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 195)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -27.43, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 32.99, 213.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0937 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.107 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3974, 36.6185, 57.2433)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C3 #C34938

analogous

#38C38F #38B2C3 #386DC3

triadic

#38B2C3 #C338B2 #B2C338

tetradic

#38B2C3 #8F38C3 #C34938 #6DC338

square

#38B2C3 #8F38C3 #C34938 #6DC338

split-complementary

#38B2C3 #C3386D #C38F38

monochromatic

#1D5B64 #2A8793 #38B2C3 #65C5D3 #95D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#38B2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C3

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C3	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#A2ABC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d5',
    500: '#38b2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c3;
$custom-light: #82c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C3

secondary

#CC938B

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C3

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

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