#38C6DD#38C6DD

#38C6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C6DD
RGB	rgb(56, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -29.27, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 36.71, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1026 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.12 211)
XYZ	xyz(34.8705, 46.4452, 75.5196)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C6DD #DD4F38

analogous

#38DDA2 #38C6DD #3873DD

triadic

#38C6DD #DD38C6 #C6DD38

tetradic

#38C6DD #A238DD #DD4F38 #73DD38

square

#38C6DD #A238DD #DD4F38 #73DD38

split-complementary

#38C6DD #DD3873 #DDA238

monochromatic

#177584 #1FA3B8 #38C6DD #6CD5E6 #A1E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#38C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#38C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C6DD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C6DD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7e7',
    500: '#38c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c6dd;
$custom-light: #87d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.364,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76297,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.46449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C6DD

secondary

#DB9F95

accent

#533AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C6DD

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

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