#38B5C3#38B5C3

#38B5C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5C3
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 195)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -28.91, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 33.52, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0967 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.108 206)
XYZ	xyz(28.0008, 37.8253, 57.4445)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5C3 #C34638

analogous

#38C38C #38B5C3 #3870C3

triadic

#38B5C3 #C338B5 #B5C338

tetradic

#38B5C3 #8C38C3 #C34638 #70C338

square

#38B5C3 #8C38C3 #C34638 #70C338

split-complementary

#38B5C3 #C33870 #C38C38

monochromatic

#1D5D64 #2A8993 #38B5C3 #65C8D3 #95D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B5C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B5C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5C3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5C3	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd5',
    500: '#38b5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5c3;
$custom-light: #83cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.37829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5C3

secondary

#CC928B

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5C3

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

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