#38B5CC#38B5CC

#38B5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5CC
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -26.14, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 33.81, 219.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.093 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.111 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0492, 38.2447, 62.9660)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5CC #CC4F38

analogous

#38CC99 #38B5CC #386BCC

triadic

#38B5CC #CC38B5 #B5CC38

tetradic

#38B5CC #9938CC #CC4F38 #6BCC38

square

#38B5CC #9938CC #CC4F38 #6BCC38

split-complementary

#38B5CC #CC386B #CC9938

monochromatic

#1C616E #298C9E #38B5CC #69C7D8 #99D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5CC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5CC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbdb',
    500: '#38b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5cc;
$custom-light: #84cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5CC

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5E45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5CC

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

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