#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
RGBrgb(56, 179, 203)
HSLhsl(190, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(190, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.57, -25.44, -21.87)
CIE-LCHlch(67.57, 33.55, 220.68°)
OKLaboklab(71.04% -0.0914 -0.0609)
OKLCHoklch(71.04% 0.11 213.7)
XYZxyz(28.5259, 37.3894, 62.2018)
Luminance0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B3CB1.002.488.488.48
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4821.001.001.00
##0000008.4821.001.001.00

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

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#38B3CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva