#38BBD0#38BBD0

#38BBD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBD0
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -27.88, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 34.73, 216.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0972 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.113 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7815, 40.9318, 65.9406)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBD0 #D04D38

analogous

#38D099 #38BBD0 #386FD0

triadic

#38BBD0 #D038BB #BBD038

tetradic

#38BBD0 #9938D0 #D04D38 #6FD038

square

#38BBD0 #9938D0 #D04D38 #6FD038

split-complementary

#38BBD0 #D0386F #D09938

monochromatic

#1B6673 #2793A4 #38BBD0 #6ACCDC #9BDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBD0

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBD0	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfde',
    500: '#38bbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbd0;
$custom-light: #85cfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.289,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBD0

secondary

#D39A91

accent

#5943E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBD0

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

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