#38C4D7#38C4D7

#38C4D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4D7
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -30.14, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 36.23, 213.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1031 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.117 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6312, 45.2229, 71.2332)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4D7 #D74B38

analogous

#38D79A #38C4D7 #3874D7

triadic

#38C4D7 #D738C4 #C4D738

tetradic

#38C4D7 #9A38D7 #D74B38 #74D738

square

#38C4D7 #9A38D7 #D74B38 #74D738

split-complementary

#38C4D7 #D73874 #D79A38

monochromatic

#19707C #239EAF #38C4D7 #6BD3E1 #9EE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C4D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#38C4D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D7

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4D7	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6e3',
    500: '#38c4d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4d7;
$custom-light: #86d6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.17,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4D7

secondary

#D89B93

accent

#533EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D7

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

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