#38B7CC#38B7CC

#38B7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7CC
RGBrgb(56, 183, 204)
HSLhsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(68.80, -27.13, -20.54)
CIE-LCHlch(68.80, 34.03, 217.13°)
OKLaboklab(72.04% -0.095 -0.0572)
OKLCHoklch(72.04% 0.111 211.1)
XYZxyz(29.4588, 39.0639, 63.1025)
Luminance0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7CC #CC4D38
analogous
#38CC97 #38B7CC #386DCC
triadic
#38B7CC #CC38B7 #B7CC38
tetradic
#38B7CC #9738CC #CC4D38 #6DCC38
square
#38B7CC #9738CC #CC4D38 #6DCC38
split-complementary
#38B7CC #CC386D #CC9738
monochromatic
#1C626E #298E9E #38B7CC #69C9D8 #99DAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#38B7CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81
#38B7CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CC
8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7CC1.002.388.818.81
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8121.001.001.00
##0000008.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A6B0CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A1CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 211.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddb',
    500: '#38b7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7cc;
$custom-light: #84cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7204,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7CC
secondary
#D1988F
accent
#5C45E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CC

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#38B7CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva