#38B8C8#38B8C8

#38B8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8C8
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -28.86, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 34.06, 212.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0976 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.11 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1922, 39.2884, 60.6773)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8C8 #C84838

analogous

#38C890 #38B8C8 #3870C8

triadic

#38B8C8 #C838B8 #B8C838

tetradic

#38B8C8 #9038C8 #C84838 #70C838

square

#38B8C8 #9038C8 #C84838 #70C838

split-complementary

#38B8C8 #C83870 #C89038

monochromatic

#1D6069 #2A8C99 #38B8C8 #68C9D5 #98DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38B8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8C8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8C8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd8',
    500: '#38b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8c8;
$custom-light: #83cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8C8

secondary

#CE958E

accent

#5948E0

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8C8

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

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