#38B8CA#38B8CA

#38B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8CA
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -28.25, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 34.09, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0967 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.11 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4274, 39.3825, 61.9163)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8CA #CA4A38

analogous

#38CA93 #38B8CA #386FCA

triadic

#38B8CA #CA38B8 #B8CA38

tetradic

#38B8CA #9338CA #CA4A38 #6FCA38

square

#38B8CA #9338CA #CA4A38 #6FCA38

split-complementary

#38B8CA #CA386F #CA9338

monochromatic

#1D616B #298D9B #38B8CA #68C9D7 #99DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8CA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8CA	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#38b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8ca;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8CA

secondary

#CF968E

accent

#5A47E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8CA

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

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