#38B7C8#38B7C8

#38B7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7C8
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -28.36, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.89, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0966 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.11 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9852, 38.8744, 60.6083)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7C8 #C84938

analogous

#38C891 #38B7C8 #386FC8

triadic

#38B7C8 #C838B7 #B7C838

tetradic

#38B7C8 #9138C8 #C84938 #6FC838

square

#38B7C8 #9138C8 #C84938 #6FC838

split-complementary

#38B7C8 #C8386F #C89138

monochromatic

#1D6069 #2A8C99 #38B7C8 #68C8D5 #98DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38B7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38B7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7C8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7C8	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd8',
    500: '#38b7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7c8;
$custom-light: #83cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7C8

secondary

#CE958E

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7C8

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

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