#38B3C3#38B3C3

#38B3C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C3
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 195)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -27.92, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 33.15, 212.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0947 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.107 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5970, 37.0179, 57.3099)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C3 #C34838

analogous

#38C38D #38B3C3 #386EC3

triadic

#38B3C3 #C338B3 #B3C338

tetradic

#38B3C3 #8D38C3 #C34838 #6EC338

square

#38B3C3 #8D38C3 #C34838 #6EC338

split-complementary

#38B3C3 #C3386E #C38D38

monochromatic

#1D5C64 #2A8793 #38B3C3 #65C6D3 #95D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B3C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#38B3C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C3

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C3	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)

#A3ACC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad5',
    500: '#38b3c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c3;
$custom-light: #82cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70721,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C3

secondary

#CC928B

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C3

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

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