#38B5C4#38B5C4

#38B5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5C4
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -28.60, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 33.51, 211.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0962 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.108 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1142, 37.8707, 58.0419)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5C4 #C44738

analogous

#38C48D #38B5C4 #386FC4

triadic

#38B5C4 #C438B5 #B5C438

tetradic

#38B5C4 #8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438

square

#38B5C4 #8D38C4 #C44738 #6FC438

split-complementary

#38B5C4 #C4386F #C48D38

monochromatic

#1D5D65 #2A8994 #38B5C4 #66C8D3 #96D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#38B5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5C4

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5C4	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)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd5',
    500: '#38b5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5c4;
$custom-light: #83cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71245,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5C4

secondary

#CC938C

accent

#5949DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5C4

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

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