#38B3C2#38B3C2

#38B3C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C2
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -28.23, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 33.15, 211.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0951 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.107 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4844, 36.9728, 56.7164)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C2 #C24738

analogous

#38C28C #38B3C2 #386EC2

triadic

#38B3C2 #C238B3 #B3C238

tetradic

#38B3C2 #8C38C2 #C24738 #6EC238

square

#38B3C2 #8C38C2 #C24738 #6EC238

split-complementary

#38B3C2 #C2386E #C28C38

monochromatic

#1D5B63 #2A8793 #38B3C2 #65C7D2 #94D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C2	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad4',
    500: '#38b3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c2;
$custom-light: #82cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70683,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C2

secondary

#CB918A

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C2

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

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