#38B2CA#38B2CA

#38B2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.109 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2CA
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -25.25, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 33.38, 220.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0908 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.109 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2074, 36.9425, 61.5097)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2CA #CA5038

analogous

#38CA99 #38B2CA #3869CA

triadic

#38B2CA #CA38B2 #B2CA38

tetradic

#38B2CA #9938CA #CA5038 #69CA38

square

#38B2CA #9938CA #CA5038 #69CA38

split-complementary

#38B2CA #CA3869 #CA9938

monochromatic

#1D5E6B #29899B #38B2CA #68C5D7 #99D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#38B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2CA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2CA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.109 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9da',
    500: '#38b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2ca;
$custom-light: #83c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70756,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2CA

secondary

#CF998E

accent

#6047E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2CA

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

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