#38B4C7#38B4C7

#38B4C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C7
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -27.19, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.41, 215.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.094 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.108 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2565, 37.6035, 59.7907)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C7 #C74B38

analogous

#38C792 #38B4C7 #386DC7

triadic

#38B4C7 #C738B4 #B4C738

tetradic

#38B4C7 #9238C7 #C74B38 #6DC738

square

#38B4C7 #9238C7 #C74B38 #6DC738

split-complementary

#38B4C7 #C7386D #C79238

monochromatic

#1D5E67 #2B8997 #38B4C7 #68C6D4 #98D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B4C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B4C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C7

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C7	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad8',
    500: '#38b4c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c7;
$custom-light: #83cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.972,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C7

secondary

#CD968D

accent

#5C48DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C7

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

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