#38B2C8#38B2C8

#38B2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B2C8
RGBrgb(56, 178, 200)
HSLhsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(189, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.16, -25.88, -20.83)
CIE-LCHlch(67.16, 33.22, 218.83°)
OKLaboklab(70.68% -0.0916 -0.058)
OKLCHoklch(70.68% 0.108 212.3)
XYZxyz(27.9722, 36.8484, 60.2706)
Luminance0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B2C8 #C84E38
analogous
#38C896 #38B2C8 #386AC8
triadic
#38B2C8 #C838B2 #B2C838
tetradic
#38B2C8 #9638C8 #C84E38 #6AC838
square
#38B2C8 #9638C8 #C84E38 #6AC838
split-complementary
#38B2C8 #C8386A #C89638
monochromatic
#1D5D69 #2A8899 #38B2C8 #68C5D5 #98D7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#38B2C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37
#38B2C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2C8
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B2C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B2C81.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ACC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D9DC8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 212.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9d8',
    500: '#38b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b2c8;
$custom-light: #83c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B2C8
secondary
#CE988E
accent
#5F48E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2C8

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#38B2C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva