#38B8CF#38B8CF

#38B8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8CF
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -26.70, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 34.33, 218.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0947 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.112 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0290, 39.6232, 65.0848)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8CF #CF4F38

analogous

#38CF9B #38B8CF #386DCF

triadic

#38B8CF #CF38B8 #B8CF38

tetradic

#38B8CF #9B38CF #CF4F38 #6DCF38

square

#38B8CF #9B38CF #CF4F38 #6DCF38

split-complementary

#38B8CF #CF386D #CF9B38

monochromatic

#1B6471 #2790A3 #38B8CF #69CADB #9BDBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8CF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8CF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cddd',
    500: '#38b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8cf;
$custom-light: #84cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.11217,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8CF

secondary

#D39A90

accent

#5C44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8CF

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

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