#38B9C8#38B9C8

#38B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B9C8
RGBrgb(56, 185, 200)
HSLhsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(186, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(72%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.26, -29.35, -17.65)
CIE-LCHlch(69.26, 34.24, 211.02°)
OKLaboklab(72.37% -0.0986 -0.049)
OKLCHoklch(72.37% 0.11 206.5)
XYZxyz(29.4006, 39.7053, 60.7468)
Luminance0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B9C8 #C84738
analogous
#38C88F #38B9C8 #3871C8
triadic
#38B9C8 #C838B9 #B9C838
tetradic
#38B9C8 #8F38C8 #C84738 #71C838
square
#38B9C8 #8F38C8 #C84738 #71C838
split-complementary
#38B9C8 #C83871 #C88F38
monochromatic
#1D6169 #2A8D99 #38B9C8 #68CAD5 #98DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#38B9C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94
#38B9C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9C8
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B9C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B9C81.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B2C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A3C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 206.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ced8',
    500: '#38b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b9c8;
$custom-light: #84ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72367,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B9C8
secondary
#CE948E
accent
#5848E0
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9C8

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#38B9C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva