#38C0D9#38C0D9

#38C0D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.117 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0D9
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -27.56, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 35.83, 219.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0985 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.117 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9995, 43.5458, 72.2982)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0D9 #D95138

analogous

#38D9A1 #38C0D9 #386FD9

triadic

#38C0D9 #D938C0 #C0D938

tetradic

#38C0D9 #A138D9 #D95138 #6FD938

square

#38C0D9 #A138D9 #D95138 #6FD938

split-complementary

#38C0D9 #D9386F #D9A138

monochromatic

#186F7E #229BB2 #38C0D9 #6BD0E3 #9FE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#38C0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0D9

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0D9	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.117 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3e4',
    500: '#38c0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0d9;
$custom-light: #86d3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0D9

secondary

#D99F94

accent

#583DEB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0D9

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

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