#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
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -25.88, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 33.22, 218.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0916 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.108 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9722, 36.8484, 60.2706)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B2C8	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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