#38B4C3#38B4C3

#38B4C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C3
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -28.41, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 33.33, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0957 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.107 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7982, 37.4201, 57.3769)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C3 #C34738

analogous

#38C38D #38B4C3 #386FC3

triadic

#38B4C3 #C338B4 #B4C338

tetradic

#38B4C3 #8D38C3 #C34738 #6FC338

square

#38B4C3 #8D38C3 #C34738 #6FC338

split-complementary

#38B4C3 #C3386F #C38D38

monochromatic

#1D5C64 #2A8893 #38B4C3 #65C7D3 #95D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B4C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#38B4C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C3

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C3	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)

#A5ADC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd5',
    500: '#38b4c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c3;
$custom-light: #82cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70964,
    "c": 0.10722,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C3

secondary

#CC928B

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C3

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

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