#38B5CB#38B5CB

#38B5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5CB
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -26.45, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 33.74, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.0934 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.11 212)
XYZ	xyz(28.9296, 38.1969, 62.3364)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5CB #CB4E38

analogous

#38CB98 #38B5CB #386BCB

triadic

#38B5CB #CB38B5 #B5CB38

tetradic

#38B5CB #9838CB #CB4E38 #6BCB38

square

#38B5CB #9838CB #CB4E38 #6BCB38

split-complementary

#38B5CB #CB386B #CB9838

monochromatic

#1C606C #298B9D #38B5CB #69C7D8 #99D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#38B5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5CB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5CB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbda',
    500: '#38b5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5cb;
$custom-light: #83cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71519,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5CB

secondary

#D0998F

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5CB

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

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