#38C4D3#38C4D3

#38C4D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4D3
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 211)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -31.35, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 36.22, 210.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.1047 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.116 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1235, 45.0198, 68.5593)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4D3 #D34738

analogous

#38D394 #38C4D3 #3877D3

triadic

#38C4D3 #D338C4 #C4D338

tetradic

#38C4D3 #9438D3 #D34738 #77D338

square

#38C4D3 #9438D3 #D34738 #77D338

split-complementary

#38C4D3 #D33877 #D39438

monochromatic

#1A6D76 #259CA9 #38C4D3 #6AD3DE #9CE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#38C4D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#38C4D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D3

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4D3	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6e0',
    500: '#38c4d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4d3;
$custom-light: #86d6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4D3

secondary

#D59892

accent

#5141E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D3

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

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