#38B7CF#38B7CF

#38B7CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7CF
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -26.20, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.23, 220.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0937 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.112 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8220, 39.2092, 65.0158)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7CF #CF5038

analogous

#38CF9B #38B7CF #386CCF

triadic

#38B7CF #CF38B7 #B7CF38

tetradic

#38B7CF #9B38CF #CF5038 #6CCF38

square

#38B7CF #9B38CF #CF5038 #6CCF38

split-complementary

#38B7CF #CF386C #CF9B38

monochromatic

#1B6471 #278FA3 #38B7CF #69C9DB #9BDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B7CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#38B7CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7CF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7CF	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddd',
    500: '#38b7cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7cf;
$custom-light: #84cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7CF

secondary

#D39B90

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7CF

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

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