#38B3C6#38B3C6

#38B3C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C6
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -27.00, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 33.23, 215.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0934 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.108 210)
XYZ	xyz(27.9396, 37.1549, 59.1142)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C6 #C64B38

analogous

#38C692 #38B3C6 #386CC6

triadic

#38B3C6 #C638B3 #B3C638

tetradic

#38B3C6 #9238C6 #C64B38 #6CC638

square

#38B3C6 #9238C6 #C64B38 #6CC638

split-complementary

#38B3C6 #C6386C #C69238

monochromatic

#1D5D67 #2B8896 #38B3C6 #67C5D4 #97D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B3C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#38B3C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C6

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C6	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad7',
    500: '#38b3c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c6;
$custom-light: #83cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C6

secondary

#CD958D

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C6

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

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