#38B2C4#38B2C4

#38B2C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C4
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -27.12, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 33.02, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0933 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.107 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5108, 36.6638, 57.8408)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C4 #C44A38

analogous

#38C490 #38B2C4 #386CC4

triadic

#38B2C4 #C438B2 #B2C438

tetradic

#38B2C4 #9038C4 #C44A38 #6CC438

square

#38B2C4 #9038C4 #C44A38 #6CC438

split-complementary

#38B2C4 #C4386C #C49038

monochromatic

#1D5C65 #2A8794 #38B2C4 #66C5D3 #96D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C4

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C4	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d5',
    500: '#38b2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c4;
$custom-light: #82c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C4

secondary

#CC948C

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C4

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

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