#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
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -27.26, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 33.81, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0948 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.11 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0149, 38.5575, 61.7788)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B6CA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B6CA

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

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