#38BED0#38BED0

#38BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.114 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BED0
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -29.35, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 35.16, 213.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1002 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.114 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4246, 42.2180, 66.1550)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BED0 #D04A38

analogous

#38D096 #38BED0 #3872D0

triadic

#38BED0 #D038BE #BED038

tetradic

#38BED0 #9638D0 #D04A38 #72D038

square

#38BED0 #9638D0 #D04A38 #72D038

split-complementary

#38BED0 #D03872 #D09638

monochromatic

#1B6873 #2795A4 #38BED0 #6ACEDC #9BDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#38BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BED0

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BED0	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.114 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2de',
    500: '#38bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bed0;
$custom-light: #85d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.105,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BED0

secondary

#D39891

accent

#5643E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BED0

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

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