#38B7CD#38B7CD

#38B7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7CD
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -26.82, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 34.09, 218.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0945 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.111 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5791, 39.1120, 63.7362)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7CD #CD4E38

analogous

#38CD98 #38B7CD #386CCD

triadic

#38B7CD #CD38B7 #B7CD38

tetradic

#38B7CD #9838CD #CD4E38 #6CCD38

square

#38B7CD #9838CD #CD4E38 #6CCD38

split-complementary

#38B7CD #CD386C #CD9838

monochromatic

#1C636F #288EA0 #38B7CD #69C9D9 #9ADAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddc',
    500: '#38b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7cd;
$custom-light: #84cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7CD

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5C45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CD

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

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