#38C5D3#38C5D3

#38C5D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5D3
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -31.83, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 36.42, 209.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1057 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.117 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3498, 45.4724, 68.6348)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5D3 #D34638

analogous

#38D393 #38C5D3 #3878D3

triadic

#38C5D3 #D338C5 #C5D338

tetradic

#38C5D3 #9338D3 #D34638 #78D338

square

#38C5D3 #9338D3 #D34638 #78D338

split-complementary

#38C5D3 #D33878 #D39338

monochromatic

#1A6E76 #259DA9 #38C5D3 #6AD4DE #9CE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#38C5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#38C5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D3

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5D3	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FADD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7e0',
    500: '#38c5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5d3;
$custom-light: #86d7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.419,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5D3

secondary

#D59892

accent

#5041E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D3

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

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