#38C0DB#38C0DB

#38C0DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C0DB
RGB	rgb(56, 192, 219)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -26.94, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 35.99, 221.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0977 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.118 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2612, 43.6505, 73.6765)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C0DB #DB5338

analogous

#38DBA5 #38C0DB #386FDB

triadic

#38C0DB #DB38C0 #C0DB38

tetradic

#38C0DB #A538DB #DB5338 #6FDB38

square

#38C0DB #A538DB #DB5338 #6FDB38

split-complementary

#38C0DB #DB386F #DBA538

monochromatic

#177081 #219CB5 #38C0DB #6CD0E4 #A0E1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#38C0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#38C0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C0DB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C0DB	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 192, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3e6',
    500: '#38c0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c0db;
$custom-light: #86d3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.939,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74791,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C0DB

secondary

#DAA095

accent

#593CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C0DB

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

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