#38B5CD#38B5CD

#38B5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5CD
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -25.82, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 33.89, 220.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0926 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.111 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1695, 38.2928, 63.5997)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5CD #CD5038

analogous

#38CD9A #38B5CD #386ACD

triadic

#38B5CD #CD38B5 #B5CD38

tetradic

#38B5CD #9A38CD #CD5038 #6ACD38

square

#38B5CD #9A38CD #CD5038 #6ACD38

split-complementary

#38B5CD #CD386A #CD9A38

monochromatic

#1C616F #288CA0 #38B5CD #69C7D9 #9AD9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#38B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5CD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5CD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cbdc',
    500: '#38b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5cd;
$custom-light: #84cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5CD

secondary

#D19A8F

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5CD

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

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