#38BDD0#38BDD0

#38BDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.113 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDD0
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -28.86, -19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 35.01, 214.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0992 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.113 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2087, 41.7863, 66.0830)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDD0 #D04B38

analogous

#38D097 #38BDD0 #3871D0

triadic

#38BDD0 #D038BD #BDD038

tetradic

#38BDD0 #9738D0 #D04B38 #71D038

square

#38BDD0 #9738D0 #D04B38 #71D038

split-complementary

#38BDD0 #D03871 #D09738

monochromatic

#1B6873 #2794A4 #38BDD0 #6ACDDC #9BDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38BDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDD0

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDD0	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.113 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1de',
    500: '#38bdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdd0;
$custom-light: #85d1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73639,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDD0

secondary

#D39991

accent

#5743E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDD0

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

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