#38C1D7#38C1D7

#38C1D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1D7
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -28.67, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 35.81, 216.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.1002 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.117 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9613, 43.8830, 71.0099)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1D7 #D74E38

analogous

#38D79D #38C1D7 #3871D7

triadic

#38C1D7 #D738C1 #C1D738

tetradic

#38C1D7 #9D38D7 #D74E38 #71D738

square

#38C1D7 #9D38D7 #D74E38 #71D738

split-complementary

#38C1D7 #D73871 #D79D38

monochromatic

#196E7C #239BAF #38C1D7 #6BD1E1 #9EE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#38C1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#38C1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1D7

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1D7	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4e3',
    500: '#38c1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1d7;
$custom-light: #86d4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.302,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7487,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1D7

secondary

#D89D93

accent

#563EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1D7

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

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