#38B4C4#38B4C4

#38B4C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C4
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -28.11, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 33.34, 212.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0953 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.108 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9116, 37.4655, 57.9744)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C4 #C44838

analogous

#38C48E #38B4C4 #386EC4

triadic

#38B4C4 #C438B4 #B4C438

tetradic

#38B4C4 #8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438

square

#38B4C4 #8E38C4 #C44838 #6EC438

split-complementary

#38B4C4 #C4386E #C48E38

monochromatic

#1D5D65 #2A8894 #38B4C4 #66C7D3 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#38B4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd5',
    500: '#38b4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c4;
$custom-light: #83cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71003,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C4

secondary

#CC938C

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C4

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

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