#38B6C8#38B6C8

#38B6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B6C8
RGBrgb(56, 182, 200)
HSLhsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.36, -27.87, -19.01)
CIE-LCHlch(68.36, 33.74, 214.29°)
OKLaboklab(71.64% -0.0956 -0.0529)
OKLCHoklch(71.64% 0.109 208.9)
XYZxyz(28.7797, 38.4634, 60.5398)
Luminance0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B6C8 #C84A38
analogous
#38C892 #38B6C8 #386EC8
triadic
#38B6C8 #C838B6 #B6C838
tetradic
#38B6C8 #9238C8 #C84A38 #6EC838
square
#38B6C8 #9238C8 #C84A38 #6EC838
split-complementary
#38B6C8 #C8386E #C89238
monochromatic
#1D5F69 #2A8B99 #38B6C8 #68C8D5 #98D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38B6C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69
#38B6C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6C8
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B6C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B6C81.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6AFC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A0C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 208.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccd8',
    500: '#38b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b6c8;
$custom-light: #83ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71642,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B6C8
secondary
#CE968E
accent
#5B48E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6C8

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#38B6C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva