#38B3CA#38B3CA

#38B3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3CA
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -25.76, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 33.47, 219.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0918 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.109 213)
XYZ	xyz(28.4071, 37.3419, 61.5762)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3CA #CA4F38

analogous

#38CA98 #38B3CA #386ACA

triadic

#38B3CA #CA38B3 #B3CA38

tetradic

#38B3CA #9838CA #CA4F38 #6ACA38

square

#38B3CA #9838CA #CA4F38 #6ACA38

split-complementary

#38B3CA #CA386A #CA9838

monochromatic

#1D5F6B #29899B #38B3CA #68C5D7 #99D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#38B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3CA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3CA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#38b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3ca;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.37345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3CA

secondary

#CF998E

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3CA

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

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