#38B7CB#38B7CB

#38B7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7CB
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -27.44, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 33.99, 216.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0953 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3392, 39.0161, 62.4729)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7CB #CB4C38

analogous

#38CB95 #38B7CB #386DCB

triadic

#38B7CB #CB38B7 #B7CB38

tetradic

#38B7CB #9538CB #CB4C38 #6DCB38

square

#38B7CB #9538CB #CB4C38 #6DCB38

split-complementary

#38B7CB #CB386D #CB9538

monochromatic

#1C616C #298D9D #38B7CB #69C9D8 #99DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7CB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#38b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7cb;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7CB

secondary

#D0988F

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CB

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

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