#38BDD3#38BDD3

#38BDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BDD3
RGB	rgb(56, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -27.94, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 35.13, 217.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.098 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.115 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5813, 41.9353, 68.0453)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BDD3 #D34E38

analogous

#38D39B #38BDD3 #3870D3

triadic

#38BDD3 #D338BD #BDD338

tetradic

#38BDD3 #9B38D3 #D34E38 #70D338

square

#38BDD3 #9B38D3 #D34E38 #70D338

split-complementary

#38BDD3 #D33870 #D39B38

monochromatic

#1A6976 #2596A9 #38BDD3 #6ACEDE #9CDEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#38BDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BDD3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BDD3	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1e0',
    500: '#38bdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bdd3;
$custom-light: #85d1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73756,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BDD3

secondary

#D59B92

accent

#5941E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BDD3

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

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