#38BDC7#38BDC7

#38BDC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDC7
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -31.59, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 35.11, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.1029 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1327, 41.3559, 60.4161)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDC7 #C74238

analogous

#38C78A #38BDC7 #3875C7

triadic

#38BDC7 #C738BD #BDC738

tetradic

#38BDC7 #8A38C7 #C74238 #75C738

square

#38BDC7 #8A38C7 #C74238 #75C738

split-complementary

#38BDC7 #C73875 #C78A38

monochromatic

#1D6267 #2B9097 #38BDC7 #68CDD4 #98DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BDC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#38BDC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDC7

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDC7	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)

#AEB5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1d8',
    500: '#38bdc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdc7;
$custom-light: #84d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73299,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDC7

secondary

#CD928D

accent

#5348DF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDC7

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

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