#38C2D7#38C2D7

#38C2D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2D7
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -29.16, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 35.94, 215.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1012 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.117 210)
XYZ	xyz(33.1831, 44.3266, 71.0838)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2D7 #D74D38

analogous

#38D79D #38C2D7 #3872D7

triadic

#38C2D7 #D738C2 #C2D738

tetradic

#38C2D7 #9D38D7 #D74D38 #72D738

square

#38C2D7 #9D38D7 #D74D38 #72D738

split-complementary

#38C2D7 #D73872 #D79D38

monochromatic

#196F7C #239CAF #38C2D7 #6BD2E1 #9EE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#38C2D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#38C2D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2D7

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2D7	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4e3',
    500: '#38c2d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2d7;
$custom-light: #86d4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2D7

secondary

#D89C93

accent

#553EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2D7

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

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