#38C5D9#38C5D9

#38C5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.118 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5D9
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -30.01, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 36.43, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1033 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.118 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1161, 45.7789, 72.6703)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5D9 #D94C38

analogous

#38D99C #38C5D9 #3875D9

triadic

#38C5D9 #D938C5 #C5D938

tetradic

#38C5D9 #9C38D9 #D94C38 #75D938

square

#38C5D9 #9C38D9 #D94C38 #75D938

split-complementary

#38C5D9 #D93875 #D99C38

monochromatic

#18727E #22A0B2 #38C5D9 #6BD4E3 #9FE3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#38C5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5D9

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5D9	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DADD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.118 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e4',
    500: '#38c5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5d9;
$custom-light: #87d7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.453,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75903,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5D9

secondary

#D99C94

accent

#533DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5D9

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

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