#38B6CC#38B6CC

#38B6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6CC
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -26.64, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 33.92, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.094 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.111 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2532, 38.6528, 63.0340)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6CC #CC4E38

analogous

#38CC98 #38B6CC #386CCC

triadic

#38B6CC #CC38B6 #B6CC38

tetradic

#38B6CC #9838CC #CC4E38 #6CCC38

square

#38B6CC #9838CC #CC4E38 #6CCC38

split-complementary

#38B6CC #CC386C #CC9838

monochromatic

#1C616E #298D9E #38B6CC #69C8D8 #99DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6CC

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6CC	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccdb',
    500: '#38b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6cc;
$custom-light: #84ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6CC

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5D45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6CC

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

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