#38B2C5#38B2C5

#38B2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.107 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C5
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -26.81, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 33.05, 215.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0929 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.107 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6250, 36.7095, 58.4422)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C5 #C54B38

analogous

#38C592 #38B2C5 #386CC5

triadic

#38B2C5 #C538B2 #B2C538

tetradic

#38B2C5 #9238C5 #C54B38 #6CC538

square

#38B2C5 #9238C5 #C54B38 #6CC538

split-complementary

#38B2C5 #C5386C #C59238

monochromatic

#1D5C66 #2A8795 #38B2C5 #67C5D4 #96D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#38B2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C5

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C5	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ACC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.107 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d6',
    500: '#38b2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c5;
$custom-light: #82c9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C5

secondary

#CD958C

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C5

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

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