#38C8D2#38C8D2

#38C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8D2
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -33.56, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 37.11, 205.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.109 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.118 202)
XYZ	xyz(33.9128, 46.7984, 68.2059)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8D2 #D24238

analogous

#38D28F #38C8D2 #387BD2

triadic

#38C8D2 #D238C8 #C8D238

tetradic

#38C8D2 #8F38D2 #D24238 #7BD238

square

#38C8D2 #8F38D2 #D24238 #7BD238

split-complementary

#38C8D2 #D2387B #D28F38

monochromatic

#1A6F75 #269FA7 #38C8D2 #6AD6DD #9CE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#38C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#38C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8D2

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8D2	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9df',
    500: '#38c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8d2;
$custom-light: #86d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.896,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.46802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8D2

secondary

#D59691

accent

#4C42E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8D2

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

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