#38BDCC#38BDCC

#38BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDCC
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -30.08, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 34.97, 210.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.1008 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7228, 41.5919, 63.5239)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDCC #CC4738

analogous

#38CC91 #38BDCC #3873CC

triadic

#38BDCC #CC38BD #BDCC38

tetradic

#38BDCC #9138CC #CC4738 #73CC38

square

#38BDCC #9138CC #CC4738 #73CC38

split-complementary

#38BDCC #CC3873 #CC9138

monochromatic

#1C656E #29929E #38BDCC #69CDD8 #99DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#38BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDCC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDCC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1db',
    500: '#38bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdcc;
$custom-light: #84d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDCC

secondary

#D1968F

accent

#5545E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDCC

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

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