#38C1D9#38C1D9

#38C1D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C1D9
RGB	rgb(56, 193, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -28.06, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 35.93, 218.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0994 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.117 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2198, 43.9864, 72.3716)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C1D9 #D95038

analogous

#38D9A0 #38C1D9 #3870D9

triadic

#38C1D9 #D938C1 #C1D938

tetradic

#38C1D9 #A038D9 #D95038 #70D938

square

#38C1D9 #A038D9 #D95038 #70D938

split-complementary

#38C1D9 #D93870 #D9A038

monochromatic

#186F7E #229CB2 #38C1D9 #6BD1E3 #9FE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#38C1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#38C1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C1D9

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C1D9	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 193, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4e4',
    500: '#38c1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c1d9;
$custom-light: #86d4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.944,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C1D9

secondary

#D99E94

accent

#573DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C1D9

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

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