#38B7C5#38B7C5

#38B7C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7C5
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -29.28, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 33.89, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0978 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.109 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6380, 38.7356, 58.7799)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7C5 #C54638

analogous

#38C58C #38B7C5 #3871C5

triadic

#38B7C5 #C538B7 #B7C538

tetradic

#38B7C5 #8C38C5 #C54638 #71C538

square

#38B7C5 #8C38C5 #C54638 #71C538

split-complementary

#38B7C5 #C53871 #C58C38

monochromatic

#1D5E66 #2A8B95 #38B7C5 #67C9D4 #96DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B7C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38B7C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7C5	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd6',
    500: '#38b7c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7c5;
$custom-light: #83cdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7C5

secondary

#CD938C

accent

#5849DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C5

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

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