#38BFCD#38BFCD

#38BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFCD
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -30.75, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 35.34, 209.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1024 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.113 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2763, 42.5064, 64.3020)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFCD #CD4638

analogous

#38CD90 #38BFCD #3874CD

triadic

#38BFCD #CD38BF #BFCD38

tetradic

#38BFCD #9038CD #CD4638 #74CD38

square

#38BFCD #9038CD #CD4638 #74CD38

split-complementary

#38BFCD #CD3874 #CD9038

monochromatic

#1C676F #2894A0 #38BFCD #69CFD9 #9ADEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#38BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#38BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFCD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFCD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2dc',
    500: '#38bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfcd;
$custom-light: #85d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.638,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74006,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFCD

secondary

#D1968F

accent

#5445E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFCD

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

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