#38B5C6#38B5C6

#38B5C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5C6
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 198)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -27.99, -18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 33.53, 213.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0954 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.108 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3434, 37.9624, 59.2488)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5C6 #C64938

analogous

#38C690 #38B5C6 #386EC6

triadic

#38B5C6 #C638B5 #B5C638

tetradic

#38B5C6 #9038C6 #C64938 #6EC638

square

#38B5C6 #9038C6 #C64938 #6EC638

split-complementary

#38B5C6 #C6386E #C69038

monochromatic

#1D5E67 #2B8996 #38B5C6 #67C7D4 #97D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B5C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#38B5C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5C6

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5C6	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbd7',
    500: '#38b5c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5c6;
$custom-light: #83cbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71322,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5C6

secondary

#CD948D

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5C6

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

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