#38C4D1#38C4D1

#38C4D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4D1
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -31.95, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 36.26, 208.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1056 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.116 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8744, 44.9201, 67.2471)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4D1 #D14538

analogous

#38D192 #38C4D1 #3878D1

triadic

#38C4D1 #D138C4 #C4D138

tetradic

#38C4D1 #9238D1 #D14538 #78D138

square

#38C4D1 #9238D1 #D14538 #78D138

split-complementary

#38C4D1 #D13878 #D19238

monochromatic

#1B6C74 #269BA6 #38C4D1 #6AD3DC #9BE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C4D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#38C4D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D1

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4D1	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	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)

#B4BCD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6df',
    500: '#38c4d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4d1;
$custom-light: #86d6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4D1

secondary

#D49791

accent

#5042E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D1

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

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