#38C8D9#38C8D9

#38C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8D9
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -31.46, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 36.91, 211.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1061 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.119 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8041, 47.1549, 72.8997)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8D9 #D94938

analogous

#38D999 #38C8D9 #3878D9

triadic

#38C8D9 #D938C8 #C8D938

tetradic

#38C8D9 #9938D9 #D94938 #78D938

square

#38C8D9 #9938D9 #D94938 #78D938

split-complementary

#38C8D9 #D93878 #D99938

monochromatic

#18747E #22A3B2 #38C8D9 #6BD6E3 #9FE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#38C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#38C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8D9

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8D9	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9e4',
    500: '#38c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8d9;
$custom-light: #87d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.335,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8D9

secondary

#D99B94

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8D9

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

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