#38B9CA#38B9CA

#38B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9CA
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -28.74, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 34.25, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0977 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.111 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6359, 39.7994, 61.9858)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9CA #CA4938

analogous

#38CA92 #38B9CA #3870CA

triadic

#38B9CA #CA38B9 #B9CA38

tetradic

#38B9CA #9238CA #CA4938 #70CA38

square

#38B9CA #9238CA #CA4938 #70CA38

split-complementary

#38B9CA #CA3870 #CA9238

monochromatic

#1D626B #298E9B #38B9CA #68CAD7 #99DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9CA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9CA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceda',
    500: '#38b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9ca;
$custom-light: #84ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.986,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9CA

secondary

#CF968E

accent

#5947E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9CA

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

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