#38B5CA#38B5CA

#38B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5CA
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -26.76, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 33.68, 217.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0938 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.11 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8109, 38.1494, 61.7108)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5CA #CA4D38

analogous

#38CA96 #38B5CA #386CCA

triadic

#38B5CA #CA38B5 #B5CA38

tetradic

#38B5CA #9638CA #CA4D38 #6CCA38

square

#38B5CA #9638CA #CA4D38 #6CCA38

split-complementary

#38B5CA #CA386C #CA9638

monochromatic

#1D606B #298B9B #38B5CA #68C7D7 #99D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5CA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5CA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbda',
    500: '#38b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5ca;
$custom-light: #83cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5CA

secondary

#CF988E

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5CA

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

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