#38B9CC#38B9CC

#38B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9CC
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -28.12, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 34.30, 214.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0969 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.111 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8742, 39.8948, 63.2410)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9CC #CC4B38

analogous

#38CC95 #38B9CC #386FCC

triadic

#38B9CC #CC38B9 #B9CC38

tetradic

#38B9CC #9538CC #CC4B38 #6FCC38

square

#38B9CC #9538CC #CC4B38 #6FCC38

split-complementary

#38B9CC #CC386F #CC9538

monochromatic

#1C636E #298F9E #38B9CC #69CAD8 #99DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9CC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9CC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cedb',
    500: '#38b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9cc;
$custom-light: #84cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.703,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72521,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9CC

secondary

#D1988F

accent

#5A45E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9CC

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

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