#38BFD7#38BFD7

#38BFD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFD7
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -27.69, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 35.59, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0983 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.116 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5222, 43.0048, 70.8635)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFD7 #D75038

analogous

#38D7A0 #38BFD7 #386FD7

triadic

#38BFD7 #D738BF #BFD738

tetradic

#38BFD7 #A038D7 #D75038 #6FD738

square

#38BFD7 #A038D7 #D75038 #6FD738

split-complementary

#38BFD7 #D7386F #D7A038

monochromatic

#196D7C #239AAF #38BFD7 #6BCFE1 #9EE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#38BFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#38BFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFD7

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFD7	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d2e3',
    500: '#38bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfd7;
$custom-light: #86d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74393,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFD7

secondary

#D89D93

accent

#583EE9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFD7

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

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