#38B3CB#38B3CB

#38B3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3CB
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -25.44, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 33.55, 220.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0914 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.11 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5259, 37.3894, 62.2018)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3CB #CB5038

analogous

#38CB99 #38B3CB #3869CB

triadic

#38B3CB #CB38B3 #B3CB38

tetradic

#38B3CB #9938CB #CB5038 #69CB38

square

#38B3CB #9938CB #CB5038 #69CB38

split-complementary

#38B3CB #CB3869 #CB9938

monochromatic

#1C5F6C #298A9D #38B3CB #69C6D8 #99D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3CB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3CB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cada',
    500: '#38b3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3cb;
$custom-light: #83cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71037,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3CB

secondary

#D0998F

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3CB

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

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