#38B7CE#38B7CE

#38B7CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.112 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7CE
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -26.51, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.16, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0941 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.112 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7002, 39.1604, 64.3740)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7CE #CE4F38

analogous

#38CE9A #38B7CE #386CCE

triadic

#38B7CE #CE38B7 #B7CE38

tetradic

#38B7CE #9A38CE #CE4F38 #6CCE38

square

#38B7CE #9A38CE #CE4F38 #6CCE38

split-complementary

#38B7CE #CE386C #CE9A38

monochromatic

#1C6370 #288FA1 #38B7CE #69C9DA #9ADBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38B7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38B7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7CE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.112 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddd',
    500: '#38b7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ce;
$custom-light: #84cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7CE

secondary

#D29A90

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CE

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

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