#38C5D7#38C5D7

#38C5D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5D7
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 8.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -30.62, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 36.39, 212.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1041 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.118 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8575, 45.6755, 71.3086)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5D7 #D74A38

analogous

#38D799 #38C5D7 #3876D7

triadic

#38C5D7 #D738C5 #C5D738

tetradic

#38C5D7 #9938D7 #D74A38 #76D738

square

#38C5D7 #9938D7 #D74A38 #76D738

split-complementary

#38C5D7 #D73876 #D79938

monochromatic

#19717C #239FAF #38C5D7 #6BD4E1 #9EE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#38C5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D7

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5D7	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e3',
    500: '#38c5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5d7;
$custom-light: #87d7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5D7

secondary

#D89B93

accent

#523EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D7

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

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