#38C4DD#38C4DD

#38C4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C4DD
RGB	rgb(56, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -28.29, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 36.49, 219.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.1007 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.119 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4163, 45.5369, 75.3682)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C4DD #DD5138

analogous

#38DDA4 #38C4DD #3872DD

triadic

#38C4DD #DD38C4 #C4DD38

tetradic

#38C4DD #A438DD #DD5138 #72DD38

square

#38C4DD #A438DD #DD5138 #72DD38

split-complementary

#38C4DD #DD3872 #DDA438

monochromatic

#177384 #1FA1B8 #38C4DD #6CD3E6 #A1E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#38C4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C4DD

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C4DD	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d6e7',
    500: '#38c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c4dd;
$custom-light: #87d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C4DD

secondary

#DBA095

accent

#553AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C4DD

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

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