#38B9C0#38B9C0

#38B9C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9C0
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -31.75, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 34.56, 203.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1019 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4900, 39.3411, 55.9510)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9C0 #C03F38

analogous

#38C083 #38B9C0 #3875C0

triadic

#38B9C0 #C038B9 #B9C038

tetradic

#38B9C0 #8338C0 #C03F38 #75C038

square

#38B9C0 #8338C0 #C03F38 #75C038

split-complementary

#38B9C0 #C03875 #C08338

monochromatic

#1C5E61 #2A8B91 #38B9C0 #64CCD2 #93DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38B9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9C0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9C0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced3',
    500: '#38b9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9c0;
$custom-light: #83ced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.088,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9C0

secondary

#CB8D89

accent

#514ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9C0

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

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