#38B7C0#38B7C0

#38B7C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7C0
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -30.78, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 34.05, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0999 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(28.0746, 38.5102, 55.8125)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7C0 #C04138

analogous

#38C085 #38B7C0 #3873C0

triadic

#38B7C0 #C038B7 #B7C038

tetradic

#38B7C0 #8538C0 #C04138 #73C038

square

#38B7C0 #8538C0 #C04138 #73C038

split-complementary

#38B7C0 #C03873 #C08538

monochromatic

#1C5D61 #2A8A91 #38B7C0 #64CAD2 #93DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B7C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#38B7C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C0

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7C0	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd3',
    500: '#38b7c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7c0;
$custom-light: #82cdd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.38513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7C0

secondary

#CB8E89

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →