#38B4C2#38B4C2

#38B4C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.107 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C2
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -28.72, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 33.33, 210.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0961 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.107 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6855, 37.3751, 56.7835)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C2 #C24638

analogous

#38C28B #38B4C2 #386FC2

triadic

#38B4C2 #C238B4 #B4C238

tetradic

#38B4C2 #8B38C2 #C24638 #6FC238

square

#38B4C2 #8B38C2 #C24638 #6FC238

split-complementary

#38B4C2 #C2386F #C28B38

monochromatic

#1D5C63 #2A8893 #38B4C2 #65C7D2 #94D8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C2	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)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.107 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd4',
    500: '#38b4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c2;
$custom-light: #82cbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70926,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C2

secondary

#CB918A

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C2

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

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