#38C0D7#38C0D7

#38C0D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0D7
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 215)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 10.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -28.18, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 35.70, 217.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0993 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.117 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7410, 43.4424, 70.9364)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0D7 #D74F38

analogous

#38D79E #38C0D7 #3870D7

triadic

#38C0D7 #D738C0 #C0D738

tetradic

#38C0D7 #9E38D7 #D74F38 #70D738

square

#38C0D7 #9E38D7 #D74F38 #70D738

split-complementary

#38C0D7 #D73870 #D79E38

monochromatic

#196D7C #239AAF #38C0D7 #6BD0E1 #9EE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#38C0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#38C0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0D7

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0D7	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3e3',
    500: '#38c0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0d7;
$custom-light: #86d3e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.679,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0D7

secondary

#D89D93

accent

#573EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0D7

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

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