#38B7D0#38B7D0

#38B7D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7D0
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 12%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -25.89, -22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.32, 221.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0933 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.112 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9447, 39.2582, 65.6617)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7D0 #D05138

analogous

#38D09D #38B7D0 #386BD0

triadic

#38B7D0 #D038B7 #B7D038

tetradic

#38B7D0 #9D38D0 #D05138 #6BD038

square

#38B7D0 #9D38D0 #D05138 #6BD038

split-complementary

#38B7D0 #D0386B #D09D38

monochromatic

#1B6473 #278FA4 #38B7D0 #6AC9DC #9BDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B7D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38B7D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7D0

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7D0	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdde',
    500: '#38b7d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7d0;
$custom-light: #84cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72199,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7D0

secondary

#D39C91

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7D0

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

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