#38B7C4#38B7C4

#38B7C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7C4
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 196)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -29.58, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 33.90, 209.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0982 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5238, 38.6899, 58.1784)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7C4 #C44538

analogous

#38C48B #38B7C4 #3871C4

triadic

#38B7C4 #C438B7 #B7C438

tetradic

#38B7C4 #8B38C4 #C44538 #71C438

square

#38B7C4 #8B38C4 #C44538 #71C438

split-complementary

#38B7C4 #C43871 #C48B38

monochromatic

#1D5E65 #2A8B94 #38B7C4 #66C9D3 #96DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B7C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38B7C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7C4	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd5',
    500: '#38b7c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7c4;
$custom-light: #83cdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71731,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7C4

secondary

#CC928C

accent

#5749DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C4

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

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