#38B9C4#38B9C4

#38B9C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9C4
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -30.55, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 34.33, 207.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1002 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.109 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9393, 39.5208, 58.3169)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9C4 #C44338

analogous

#38C489 #38B9C4 #3873C4

triadic

#38B9C4 #C438B9 #B9C438

tetradic

#38B9C4 #8938C4 #C44338 #73C438

square

#38B9C4 #8938C4 #C44338 #73C438

split-complementary

#38B9C4 #C43873 #C48938

monochromatic

#1D5F65 #2A8C94 #38B9C4 #66CBD3 #96DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38B9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38B9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9C4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9C4	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)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced5',
    500: '#38b9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9c4;
$custom-light: #83ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72216,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9C4

secondary

#CC918C

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9C4

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

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