#38B8CC#38B8CC

#38B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8CC
RGBrgb(56, 184, 204)
HSLhsl(188, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(69.10, -27.63, -20.09)
CIE-LCHlch(69.10, 34.16, 216.02°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% -0.0959 -0.0559)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.111 210.2)
XYZxyz(29.6658, 39.4779, 63.1715)
Luminance0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8CC #CC4C38
analogous
#38CC96 #38B8CC #386ECC
triadic
#38B8CC #CC38B8 #B8CC38
tetradic
#38B8CC #9638CC #CC4C38 #6ECC38
square
#38B8CC #9638CC #CC4C38 #6ECC38
split-complementary
#38B8CC #CC386E #CC9638
monochromatic
#1C636E #298E9E #38B8CC #69C9D8 #99DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#38B8CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90
#38B8CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8CC
8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8CC1.002.368.908.90
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9021.001.001.00
##0000008.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B1CD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A2CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 210.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddb',
    500: '#38b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8cc;
$custom-light: #84cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7228,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8CC
secondary
#D1988F
accent
#5B45E2
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0C1315
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#38B8CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva