#38C0D0#38C0D0

#38C0D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0D0
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 208)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -30.33, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.50, 211.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1021 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.114 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8607, 43.0903, 66.3004)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0D0 #D04838

analogous

#38D094 #38C0D0 #3874D0

triadic

#38C0D0 #D038C0 #C0D038

tetradic

#38C0D0 #9438D0 #D04838 #74D038

square

#38C0D0 #9438D0 #D04838 #74D038

split-complementary

#38C0D0 #D03874 #D09438

monochromatic

#1B6973 #2797A4 #38C0D0 #6AD0DC #9BDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#38C0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0D0

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0D0	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3de',
    500: '#38c0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0d0;
$custom-light: #85d3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0D0

secondary

#D39891

accent

#5443E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0D0

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

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