#38B9C2#38B9C2

#38B9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9C2
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -31.15, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.42, 205.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1011 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7131, 39.4303, 57.1260)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9C2 #C24138

analogous

#38C286 #38B9C2 #3874C2

triadic

#38B9C2 #C238B9 #B9C238

tetradic

#38B9C2 #8638C2 #C24138 #74C238

square

#38B9C2 #8638C2 #C24138 #74C238

split-complementary

#38B9C2 #C23874 #C28638

monochromatic

#1D5E63 #2A8C93 #38B9C2 #65CBD2 #94DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38B9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9C2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9C2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced4',
    500: '#38b9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9c2;
$custom-light: #83ced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9C2

secondary

#CB8F8A

accent

#5349DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9C2

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

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