#38C3D7#38C3D7

#38C3D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3D7
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 215)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -29.65, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 36.08, 214.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1021 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.117 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4064, 44.7732, 71.1583)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3D7 #D74C38

analogous

#38D79B #38C3D7 #3873D7

triadic

#38C3D7 #D738C3 #C3D738

tetradic

#38C3D7 #9B38D7 #D74C38 #73D738

square

#38C3D7 #9B38D7 #D74C38 #73D738

split-complementary

#38C3D7 #D73873 #D79B38

monochromatic

#196F7C #239DAF #38C3D7 #6BD2E1 #9EE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#38C3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3D7

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3D7	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5e3',
    500: '#38c3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3d7;
$custom-light: #86d5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.547,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3D7

secondary

#D89C93

accent

#543EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3D7

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

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