#38C4D8#38C4D8

#38C4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4D8
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -29.83, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 36.25, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1027 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.118 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7601, 45.2744, 71.9120)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4D8 #D84C38

analogous

#38D89C #38C4D8 #3874D8

triadic

#38C4D8 #D838C4 #C4D838

tetradic

#38C4D8 #9C38D8 #D84C38 #74D838

square

#38C4D8 #9C38D8 #D84C38 #74D838

split-complementary

#38C4D8 #D83874 #D89C38

monochromatic

#19717D #239FB0 #38C4D8 #6BD3E2 #9EE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#38C4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D8

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4D8	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6e4',
    500: '#38c4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4d8;
$custom-light: #87d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75626,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4D8

secondary

#D89C93

accent

#533EEA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D8

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

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