#38BDCA#38BDCA

#38BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDCA
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -30.69, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 35.00, 208.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.1017 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.112 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4845, 41.4966, 62.2687)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDCA #CA4538

analogous

#38CA8E #38BDCA #3874CA

triadic

#38BDCA #CA38BD #BDCA38

tetradic

#38BDCA #8E38CA #CA4538 #74CA38

square

#38BDCA #8E38CA #CA4538 #74CA38

split-complementary

#38BDCA #CA3874 #CA8E38

monochromatic

#1D646B #29919B #38BDCA #68CDD7 #99DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDCA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDCA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1da',
    500: '#38bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdca;
$custom-light: #84d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.342,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDCA

secondary

#CF948E

accent

#5447E1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDCA

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

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