#38B4C6#38B4C6

#38B4C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C6
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 198)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -27.50, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.38, 214.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0944 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.108 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1408, 37.5572, 59.1813)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C6 #C64A38

analogous

#38C691 #38B4C6 #386DC6

triadic

#38B4C6 #C638B4 #B4C638

tetradic

#38B4C6 #9138C6 #C64A38 #6DC638

square

#38B4C6 #9138C6 #C64A38 #6DC638

split-complementary

#38B4C6 #C6386D #C69138

monochromatic

#1D5D67 #2B8996 #38B4C6 #67C6D4 #97D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#38B4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C6

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad7',
    500: '#38b4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c6;
$custom-light: #83cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7108,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C6

secondary

#CD958D

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C6

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

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