#38C4D9#38C4D9

#38C4D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4D9
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -29.53, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 36.28, 215.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1023 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.118 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8898, 45.3263, 72.5949)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4D9 #D94D38

analogous

#38D99D #38C4D9 #3873D9

triadic

#38C4D9 #D938C4 #C4D938

tetradic

#38C4D9 #9D38D9 #D94D38 #73D938

square

#38C4D9 #9D38D9 #D94D38 #73D938

split-complementary

#38C4D9 #D93873 #D99D38

monochromatic

#18717E #229FB2 #38C4D9 #6BD3E3 #9FE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#38C4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#38C4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4D9

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4D9	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6e4',
    500: '#38c4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4d9;
$custom-light: #87d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4D9

secondary

#D99D94

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4D9

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

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