#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -27.13, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 34.03, 217.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.095 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.111 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4588, 39.0639, 63.1025)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B7CC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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