#38B3C8#38B3C8

#38B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3C8
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -26.38, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 33.33, 217.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0926 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.109 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1718, 37.2478, 60.3372)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3C8 #C84D38

analogous

#38C895 #38B3C8 #386BC8

triadic

#38B3C8 #C838B3 #B3C838

tetradic

#38B3C8 #9538C8 #C84D38 #6BC838

square

#38B3C8 #9538C8 #C84D38 #6BC838

split-complementary

#38B3C8 #C8386B #C89538

monochromatic

#1D5E69 #2A8999 #38B3C8 #68C5D5 #98D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3C8

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3C8	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad8',
    500: '#38b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3c8;
$custom-light: #83cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3C8

secondary

#CE978E

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3C8

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

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