#38B2C7#38B2C7

#38B2C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2C7
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -26.19, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 33.16, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.092 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.108 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8557, 36.8018, 59.6571)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2C7 #C74D38

analogous

#38C794 #38B2C7 #386BC7

triadic

#38B2C7 #C738B2 #B2C738

tetradic

#38B2C7 #9438C7 #C74D38 #6BC738

square

#38B2C7 #9438C7 #C74D38 #6BC738

split-complementary

#38B2C7 #C7386B #C79438

monochromatic

#1D5D67 #2B8797 #38B2C7 #68C4D4 #98D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C7

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2C7	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9d8',
    500: '#38b2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2c7;
$custom-light: #83c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2C7

secondary

#CD978D

accent

#5F48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C7

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

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