#38C3DD#38C3DD

#38C3DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C3DD
RGB	rgb(56, 195, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -27.80, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 36.40, 220.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0997 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.119 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1915, 45.0873, 75.2933)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C3DD #DD5238

analogous

#38DDA5 #38C3DD #3870DD

triadic

#38C3DD #DD38C3 #C3DD38

tetradic

#38C3DD #A538DD #DD5238 #70DD38

square

#38C3DD #A538DD #DD5238 #70DD38

split-complementary

#38C3DD #DD3870 #DDA538

monochromatic

#177384 #1FA0B8 #38C3DD #6CD3E6 #A1E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#38C3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C3DD

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C3DD	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 195, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d5e7',
    500: '#38c3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c3dd;
$custom-light: #87d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C3DD

secondary

#DBA095

accent

#563AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C3DD

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

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