#38BFD3#38BFD3

#38BFD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFD3
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 211)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -28.92, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 35.39, 215.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0999 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.115 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0145, 42.8017, 68.1897)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFD3 #D34C38

analogous

#38D39A #38BFD3 #3872D3

triadic

#38BFD3 #D338BF #BFD338

tetradic

#38BFD3 #9A38D3 #D34C38 #72D338

square

#38BFD3 #9A38D3 #D34C38 #72D338

split-complementary

#38BFD3 #D33872 #D39A38

monochromatic

#1A6B76 #2598A9 #38BFD3 #6ACFDE #9CDFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38BFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#38BFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFD3

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFD3	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2e0',
    500: '#38bfd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfd3;
$custom-light: #85d2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.742,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFD3

secondary

#D59A92

accent

#5641E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFD3

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

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