#38B9D2#38B9D2

#38B9D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9D2
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -26.26, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 34.65, 220.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0945 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.114 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6077, 40.1882, 67.1042)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9D2 #D25138

analogous

#38D29E #38B9D2 #386CD2

triadic

#38B9D2 #D238B9 #B9D238

tetradic

#38B9D2 #9E38D2 #D25138 #6CD238

square

#38B9D2 #9E38D2 #D25138 #6CD238

split-complementary

#38B9D2 #D2386C #D29E38

monochromatic

#1A6675 #2692A7 #38B9D2 #6ACBDD #9CDCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38B9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38B9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9D2

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9D2	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cedf',
    500: '#38b9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9d2;
$custom-light: #85cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.74,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9D2

secondary

#D59C91

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9D2

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

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