#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
RGBrgb(56, 183, 200)
HSLhsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(187, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.66, -28.36, -18.55)
CIE-LCHlch(68.66, 33.89, 213.19°)
OKLaboklab(71.88% -0.0966 -0.0516)
OKLCHoklch(71.88% 0.11 208.1)
XYZxyz(28.9852, 38.8744, 60.6083)
Luminance0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B7C81.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

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

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#38B7C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva