#38B9CF#38B9CF

#38B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9CF
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -27.20, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 34.44, 217.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0957 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.112 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2375, 40.0401, 65.1543)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9CF #CF4E38

analogous

#38CF9A #38B9CF #386ECF

triadic

#38B9CF #CF38B9 #B9CF38

tetradic

#38B9CF #9A38CF #CF4E38 #6ECF38

square

#38B9CF #9A38CF #CF4E38 #6ECF38

split-complementary

#38B9CF #CF386E #CF9A38

monochromatic

#1B6571 #2791A3 #38B9CF #69CADB #9BDCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9CF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9CF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cedd',
    500: '#38b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9cf;
$custom-light: #84cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9CF

secondary

#D39A90

accent

#5B44E4

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9CF

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

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