#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
RGBrgb(56, 183, 194)
HSLhsl(185, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(185, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.46, -30.18, -15.56)
CIE-LCHlch(68.46, 33.96, 207.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.66% -0.0991 -0.0432)
OKLCHoklch(71.66% 0.108 203.6)
XYZxyz(28.2977, 38.5994, 56.9875)
Luminance0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B7C21.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#38B7C2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva