#38BCD0#38BCD0

#38BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCD0
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -28.37, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 34.86, 215.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0982 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.113 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9944, 41.3576, 66.0116)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCD0 #D04C38

analogous

#38D098 #38BCD0 #3870D0

triadic

#38BCD0 #D038BC #BCD038

tetradic

#38BCD0 #9838D0 #D04C38 #70D038

square

#38BCD0 #9838D0 #D04C38 #70D038

split-complementary

#38BCD0 #D03870 #D09838

monochromatic

#1B6773 #2794A4 #38BCD0 #6ACDDC #9BDDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCD0

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCD0	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0de',
    500: '#38bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcd0;
$custom-light: #85d0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73399,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCD0

secondary

#D39991

accent

#5843E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCD0

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

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