#38B4C8#38B4C8

#38B4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4C8
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -26.88, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 33.46, 216.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0936 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.109 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3730, 37.6501, 60.4042)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4C8 #C84C38

analogous

#38C894 #38B4C8 #386CC8

triadic

#38B4C8 #C838B4 #B4C838

tetradic

#38B4C8 #9438C8 #C84C38 #6CC838

square

#38B4C8 #9438C8 #C84C38 #6CC838

split-complementary

#38B4C8 #C8386C #C89438

monochromatic

#1D5E69 #2A8999 #38B4C8 #68C6D5 #98D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#38B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4C8

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4C8	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cad8',
    500: '#38b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4c8;
$custom-light: #83cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4C8

secondary

#CE978E

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4C8

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

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