#38BED3#38BED3

#38BED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BED3
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 211)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 10%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -28.43, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 35.25, 216.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0989 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.115 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7971, 42.3670, 68.1172)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BED3 #D34D38

analogous

#38D39B #38BED3 #3871D3

triadic

#38BED3 #D338BE #BED338

tetradic

#38BED3 #9B38D3 #D34D38 #71D338

square

#38BED3 #9B38D3 #D34D38 #71D338

split-complementary

#38BED3 #D33871 #D39B38

monochromatic

#1A6A76 #2597A9 #38BED3 #6ACEDE #9CDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38BED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38BED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BED3

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BED3	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2e0',
    500: '#38bed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bed3;
$custom-light: #85d2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.129,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73996,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BED3

secondary

#D59B92

accent

#5741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BED3

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

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