#38B9C7#38B9C7

#38B9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9C7
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -29.65, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 34.25, 210.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.099 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.11 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2841, 39.6587, 60.1333)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9C7 #C74638

analogous

#38C78D #38B9C7 #3872C7

triadic

#38B9C7 #C738B9 #B9C738

tetradic

#38B9C7 #8D38C7 #C74638 #72C738

square

#38B9C7 #8D38C7 #C74638 #72C738

split-complementary

#38B9C7 #C73872 #C78D38

monochromatic

#1D6067 #2B8D97 #38B9C7 #68CAD4 #98DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38B9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38B9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9C7

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9C7	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)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced8',
    500: '#38b9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9c7;
$custom-light: #83ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9C7

secondary

#CD948D

accent

#5748DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9C7

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

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