#38C5D1#38C5D1

#38C5D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5D1
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 209)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -32.43, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 36.48, 207.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1065 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.116 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1007, 45.3727, 67.3225)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5D1 #D14438

analogous

#38D191 #38C5D1 #3879D1

triadic

#38C5D1 #D138C5 #C5D138

tetradic

#38C5D1 #9138D1 #D14438 #79D138

square

#38C5D1 #9138D1 #D14438 #79D138

split-complementary

#38C5D1 #D13879 #D19138

monochromatic

#1B6D74 #269CA6 #38C5D1 #6AD3DC #9BE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#38C5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D1

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5D1	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7df',
    500: '#38c5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5d1;
$custom-light: #86d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75601,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5D1

secondary

#D49691

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D1

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

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