#38C3D9#38C3D9

#38C3D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3D9
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -29.04, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 36.15, 216.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.1013 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.118 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6650, 44.8767, 72.5200)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3D9 #D94E38

analogous

#38D99E #38C3D9 #3872D9

triadic

#38C3D9 #D938C3 #C3D938

tetradic

#38C3D9 #9E38D9 #D94E38 #72D938

square

#38C3D9 #9E38D9 #D94E38 #72D938

split-complementary

#38C3D9 #D93872 #D99E38

monochromatic

#18707E #229EB2 #38C3D9 #6BD2E3 #9FE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#38C3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38C3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3D9

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3D9	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5e4',
    500: '#38c3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3d9;
$custom-light: #87d5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.199,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3D9

secondary

#D99D94

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3D9

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

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