#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
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -27.87, -19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 33.74, 214.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0956 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.109 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7797, 38.4634, 60.5398)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B6C8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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