#38B9CB#38B9CB

#38B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9CB
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -28.43, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 34.27, 213.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0973 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.111 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7547, 39.8469, 62.6114)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9CB #CB4A38

analogous

#38CB93 #38B9CB #386FCB

triadic

#38B9CB #CB38B9 #B9CB38

tetradic

#38B9CB #9338CB #CB4A38 #6FCB38

square

#38B9CB #9338CB #CB4A38 #6FCB38

split-complementary

#38B9CB #CB386F #CB9338

monochromatic

#1C636C #298F9D #38B9CB #69CAD8 #99DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9CB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9CB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceda',
    500: '#38b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9cb;
$custom-light: #84ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9CB

secondary

#D0978F

accent

#5946E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9CB

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

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