#38B8CB#38B8CB

#38B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8CB
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -27.94, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.12, 215.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0963 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.111 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5462, 39.4300, 62.5419)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8CB #CB4B38

analogous

#38CB94 #38B8CB #386ECB

triadic

#38B8CB #CB38B8 #B8CB38

tetradic

#38B8CB #9438CB #CB4B38 #6ECB38

square

#38B8CB #9438CB #CB4B38 #6ECB38

split-complementary

#38B8CB #CB386E #CB9438

monochromatic

#1C626C #298E9D #38B8CB #69C9D8 #99DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8CB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8CB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#38b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8cb;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8CB

secondary

#D0978F

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8CB

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

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