#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -27.63, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 34.16, 216.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0959 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.111 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6658, 39.4779, 63.1715)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8CC	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B8CC

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

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