#38B7C2#38B7C2

#38B7C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7C2
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -30.18, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 33.96, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.0991 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.108 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2977, 38.5994, 56.9875)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7C2 #C24338

analogous

#38C288 #38B7C2 #3872C2

triadic

#38B7C2 #C238B7 #B7C238

tetradic

#38B7C2 #8838C2 #C24338 #72C238

square

#38B7C2 #8838C2 #C24338 #72C238

split-complementary

#38B7C2 #C23872 #C28838

monochromatic

#1D5D63 #2A8A93 #38B7C2 #65CAD2 #94DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#38B7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#38B7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7C2	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)

#A8AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd4',
    500: '#38b7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7c2;
$custom-light: #83cdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71655,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7C2

secondary

#CB908A

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C2

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

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