#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
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -29.35, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 34.24, 211.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0986 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.11 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4006, 39.7053, 60.7468)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B9C8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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