#38BFD0#38BFD0

#38BFD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFD0
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 208)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -29.84, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 35.33, 212.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.1011 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.114 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6419, 42.6526, 66.2274)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFD0 #D04938

analogous

#38D095 #38BFD0 #3873D0

triadic

#38BFD0 #D038BF #BFD038

tetradic

#38BFD0 #9538D0 #D04938 #73D038

square

#38BFD0 #9538D0 #D04938 #73D038

split-complementary

#38BFD0 #D03873 #D09538

monochromatic

#1B6973 #2796A4 #38BFD0 #6ACFDC #9BDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BFD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#38BFD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFD0

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFD0	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2de',
    500: '#38bfd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfd0;
$custom-light: #85d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.711,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFD0

secondary

#D39891

accent

#5543E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFD0

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

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