#38BDCD#38BDCD

#38BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDCD
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -29.78, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 34.96, 211.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1004 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.113 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8431, 41.6401, 64.1576)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDCD #CD4838

analogous

#38CD92 #38BDCD #3872CD

triadic

#38BDCD #CD38BD #BDCD38

tetradic

#38BDCD #9238CD #CD4838 #72CD38

square

#38BDCD #9238CD #CD4838 #72CD38

split-complementary

#38BDCD #CD3872 #CD9238

monochromatic

#1C666F #2893A0 #38BDCD #69CDD9 #9ADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDCD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDCD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1dc',
    500: '#38bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdcd;
$custom-light: #85d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.443,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDCD

secondary

#D1978F

accent

#5645E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDCD

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

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