#38C2D9#38C2D9

#38C2D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C2D9
RGB	rgb(56, 194, 217)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -28.55, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 36.03, 217.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.1004 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.118 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4417, 44.4301, 72.4455)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C2D9 #D94F38

analogous

#38D99F #38C2D9 #3872D9

triadic

#38C2D9 #D938C2 #C2D938

tetradic

#38C2D9 #9F38D9 #D94F38 #72D938

square

#38C2D9 #9F38D9 #D94F38 #72D938

split-complementary

#38C2D9 #D93872 #D99F38

monochromatic

#18707E #229DB2 #38C2D9 #6BD2E3 #9FE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C2D9

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C2D9	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 194, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4e4',
    500: '#38c2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c2d9;
$custom-light: #86d4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75187,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C2D9

secondary

#D99E94

accent

#563DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C2D9

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

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