#38B3C5#38B3C5

#38B3C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C5
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -27.31, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 33.20, 214.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0938 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.108 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8247, 37.1089, 58.5088)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C5 #C54A38

analogous

#38C591 #38B3C5 #386CC5

triadic

#38B3C5 #C538B3 #B3C538

tetradic

#38B3C5 #9138C5 #C54A38 #6CC538

square

#38B3C5 #9138C5 #C54A38 #6CC538

split-complementary

#38B3C5 #C5386C #C59138

monochromatic

#1D5C66 #2A8895 #38B3C5 #67C6D4 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C5

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C5	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad6',
    500: '#38b3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c5;
$custom-light: #83cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C5

secondary

#CD948C

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C5

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

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