#38C0D3#38C0D3

#38C0D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0D3
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 211)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -29.41, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 35.53, 214.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1009 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.115 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2333, 43.2393, 68.2626)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0D3 #D34B38

analogous

#38D399 #38C0D3 #3872D3

triadic

#38C0D3 #D338C0 #C0D338

tetradic

#38C0D3 #9938D3 #D34B38 #72D338

square

#38C0D3 #9938D3 #D34B38 #72D338

split-complementary

#38C0D3 #D33872 #D39938

monochromatic

#1A6B76 #2598A9 #38C0D3 #6AD0DE #9CE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#38C0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#38C0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0D3

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0D3	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3e0',
    500: '#38c0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0d3;
$custom-light: #86d3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.355,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74475,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0D3

secondary

#D59A92

accent

#5541E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0D3

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

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