#38B4C5#38B4C5

#38B4C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C5
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -27.80, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 33.35, 213.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0948 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.108 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0258, 37.5112, 58.5758)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C5 #C54938

analogous

#38C590 #38B4C5 #386EC5

triadic

#38B4C5 #C538B4 #B4C538

tetradic

#38B4C5 #9038C5 #C54938 #6EC538

square

#38B4C5 #9038C5 #C54938 #6EC538

split-complementary

#38B4C5 #C5386E #C59038

monochromatic

#1D5D66 #2A8895 #38B4C5 #67C7D4 #96D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B4C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B4C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C5

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C5	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad6',
    500: '#38b4c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c5;
$custom-light: #83cad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.234,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C5

secondary

#CD948C

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C5

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

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