#38C5D2#38C5D2

#38C5D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5D2
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -32.13, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 36.44, 208.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.1061 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.116 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2249, 45.4224, 67.9766)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5D2 #D24538

analogous

#38D292 #38C5D2 #3878D2

triadic

#38C5D2 #D238C5 #C5D238

tetradic

#38C5D2 #9238D2 #D24538 #78D238

square

#38C5D2 #9238D2 #D24538 #78D238

split-complementary

#38C5D2 #D23878 #D29238

monochromatic

#1A6D75 #269CA7 #38C5D2 #6AD4DD #9CE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C5D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#38C5D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5D2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7df',
    500: '#38c5d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5d2;
$custom-light: #86d7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5D2

secondary

#D59791

accent

#5042E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D2

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

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