#38B3C4#38B3C4

#38B3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C4
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -27.61, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 33.17, 213.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0943 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.107 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7105, 37.0632, 57.9073)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C4 #C44938

analogous

#38C48F #38B3C4 #386DC4

triadic

#38B3C4 #C438B3 #B3C438

tetradic

#38B3C4 #8F38C4 #C44938 #6DC438

square

#38B3C4 #8F38C4 #C44938 #6DC438

split-complementary

#38B3C4 #C4386D #C48F38

monochromatic

#1D5C65 #2A8894 #38B3C4 #66C6D3 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C4

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C4	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad5',
    500: '#38b3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c4;
$custom-light: #82cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7076,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C4

secondary

#CC938C

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C4

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

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