#38B6CA#38B6CA

#38B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B6CA
RGBrgb(56, 182, 202)
HSLhsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(188, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.43, -27.26, -20.00)
CIE-LCHlch(68.43, 33.81, 216.28°)
OKLaboklab(71.72% -0.0948 -0.0557)
OKLCHoklch(71.72% 0.11 210.4)
XYZxyz(29.0149, 38.5575, 61.7788)
Luminance0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B6CA #CA4C38
analogous
#38CA95 #38B6CA #386DCA
triadic
#38B6CA #CA38B6 #B6CA38
tetradic
#38B6CA #9538CA #CA4C38 #6DCA38
square
#38B6CA #9538CA #CA4C38 #6DCA38
split-complementary
#38B6CA #CA386D #CA9538
monochromatic
#1D606B #298C9B #38B6CA #68C8D7 #99D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#38B6CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71
#38B6CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6CA
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B6CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B6CA1.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5AFCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A0CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 210.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccda',
    500: '#38b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b6ca;
$custom-light: #83ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7172,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B6CA
secondary
#CF978E
accent
#5C47E1
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva