#38B5C0#38B5C0

#38B5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5C0
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -29.81, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 33.58, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0979 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.107 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6650, 37.6910, 55.6760)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5C0 #C04338

analogous

#38C087 #38B5C0 #3871C0

triadic

#38B5C0 #C038B5 #B5C038

tetradic

#38B5C0 #8738C0 #C04338 #71C038

square

#38B5C0 #8738C0 #C04338 #71C038

split-complementary

#38B5C0 #C03871 #C08738

monochromatic

#1C5C61 #2A8891 #38B5C0 #64C9D2 #93D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#38B5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5C0

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5C0	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd3',
    500: '#38b5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5c0;
$custom-light: #82cbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5C0

secondary

#CB8F89

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5C0

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

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