#38B7CA#38B7CA

#38B7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7CA
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -27.75, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 33.95, 215.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0958 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2204, 38.9685, 61.8473)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7CA #CA4B38

analogous

#38CA94 #38B7CA #386ECA

triadic

#38B7CA #CA38B7 #B7CA38

tetradic

#38B7CA #9438CA #CA4B38 #6ECA38

square

#38B7CA #9438CA #CA4B38 #6ECA38

split-complementary

#38B7CA #CA386E #CA9438

monochromatic

#1D616B #298D9B #38B7CA #68C8D7 #99DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38B7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#38B7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7CA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#38b7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ca;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7CA

secondary

#CF978E

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CA

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

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