#38B6CF#38B6CF

#38B6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B6CF
RGB	rgb(56, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -25.70, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 34.15, 221.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0928 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.112 214)
XYZ	xyz(29.6165, 38.7981, 64.9473)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B6CF #CF5138

analogous

#38CF9D #38B6CF #386BCF

triadic

#38B6CF #CF38B6 #B6CF38

tetradic

#38B6CF #9D38CF #CF5138 #6BCF38

square

#38B6CF #9D38CF #CF5138 #6BCF38

split-complementary

#38B6CF #CF386B #CF9D38

monochromatic

#1B6371 #278EA3 #38B6CF #69C8DB #9BDAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38B6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B6CF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B6CF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccdd',
    500: '#38b6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b6cf;
$custom-light: #84ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71919,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B6CF

secondary

#D39B90

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B6CF

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

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