#38B8CD#38B8CD

#38B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8CD
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -27.32, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 34.21, 217.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0955 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.111 211)
XYZ	xyz(29.7861, 39.5260, 63.8052)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8CD #CD4D38

analogous

#38CD97 #38B8CD #386DCD

triadic

#38B8CD #CD38B8 #B8CD38

tetradic

#38B8CD #9738CD #CD4D38 #6DCD38

square

#38B8CD #9738CD #CD4D38 #6DCD38

split-complementary

#38B8CD #CD386D #CD9738

monochromatic

#1C636F #288FA0 #38B8CD #69C9D9 #9ADBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#38B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8CD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8CD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddc',
    500: '#38b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8cd;
$custom-light: #84cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8CD

secondary

#D1998F

accent

#5B45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8CD

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

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