#38C5DD#38C5DD

#38C5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C5DD
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -28.78, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 36.60, 218.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1017 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.12 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6427, 45.9895, 75.4437)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C5DD #DD5038

analogous

#38DDA2 #38C5DD #3873DD

triadic

#38C5DD #DD38C5 #C5DD38

tetradic

#38C5DD #A238DD #DD5038 #73DD38

square

#38C5DD #A238DD #DD5038 #73DD38

split-complementary

#38C5DD #DD3873 #DDA238

monochromatic

#177484 #1FA2B8 #38C5DD #6CD4E6 #A1E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#38C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#38C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C5DD

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C5DD	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e7',
    500: '#38c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c5dd;
$custom-light: #87d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C5DD

secondary

#DBA095

accent

#543AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C5DD

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

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