#38B6CB#38B6CB

#38B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.110 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6CB
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -26.95, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 33.86, 217.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0944 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.11 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1337, 38.6050, 62.4044)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6CB #CB4D38

analogous

#38CB96 #38B6CB #386DCB

triadic

#38B6CB #CB38B6 #B6CB38

tetradic

#38B6CB #9638CB #CB4D38 #6DCB38

square

#38B6CB #9638CB #CB4D38 #6DCB38

split-complementary

#38B6CB #CB386D #CB9638

monochromatic

#1C616C #298C9D #38B6CB #69C8D8 #99DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6CB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6CB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.110 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccda',
    500: '#38b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6cb;
$custom-light: #84ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6CB

secondary

#D0988F

accent

#5C46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6CB

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

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