#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
RGBrgb(56, 191, 215)
HSLhsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSVhsv(189, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(74%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.56, -27.69, -22.36)
CIE-LCHlch(71.56, 35.59, 218.92°)
OKLaboklab(74.39% -0.0983 -0.0623)
OKLCHoklch(74.39% 0.116 212.4)
XYZxyz(32.5222, 43.0048, 70.8635)
Luminance0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38BFD71.002.199.609.60
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6021.001.001.00
##0000009.6021.001.001.00

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

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#38BFD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva