#38BAD2#38BAD2

#38BAD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BAD2
RGB	rgb(56, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -26.76, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.74, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0955 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.114 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8177, 40.6080, 67.1742)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BAD2 #D25038

analogous

#38D29D #38BAD2 #386DD2

triadic

#38BAD2 #D238BA #BAD238

tetradic

#38BAD2 #9D38D2 #D25038 #6DD238

square

#38BAD2 #9D38D2 #D25038 #6DD238

split-complementary

#38BAD2 #D2386D #D29D38

monochromatic

#1A6775 #2693A7 #38BAD2 #6ACBDD #9CDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BAD2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BAD2	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A4D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfdf',
    500: '#38bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bad2;
$custom-light: #85cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72998,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BAD2

secondary

#D59C91

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BAD2

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

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