#38C8D1#38C8D1

#38C8D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8D1
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 209)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -33.86, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 37.18, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1095 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7886, 46.7487, 67.5518)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8D1 #D14138

analogous

#38D18D #38C8D1 #387CD1

triadic

#38C8D1 #D138C8 #C8D138

tetradic

#38C8D1 #8D38D1 #D14138 #7CD138

square

#38C8D1 #8D38D1 #D14138 #7CD138

split-complementary

#38C8D1 #D1387C #D18D38

monochromatic

#1B6F74 #269EA6 #38C8D1 #6AD6DC #9BE3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38C8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#38C8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8D1

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8D1	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9df',
    500: '#38c8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8d1;
$custom-light: #86d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8D1

secondary

#D49591

accent

#4C42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8D1

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

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