#38C3D1#38C3D1

#38C3D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3D1
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 6.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -31.47, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 36.06, 209.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.1046 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.115 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6496, 44.4705, 67.1721)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3D1 #D14638

analogous

#38D192 #38C3D1 #3877D1

triadic

#38C3D1 #D138C3 #C3D138

tetradic

#38C3D1 #9238D1 #D14638 #77D138

square

#38C3D1 #9238D1 #D14638 #77D138

split-complementary

#38C3D1 #D13877 #D19238

monochromatic

#1B6C74 #269AA6 #38C3D1 #6AD2DC #9BE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#38C3D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#38C3D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3D1

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3D1	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)

#B3BBD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DABD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5df',
    500: '#38c3d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3d1;
$custom-light: #86d5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3D1

secondary

#D49791

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3D1

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

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