#38C9DF#38C9DF

#38C9DF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C9DF
RGB	rgb(56, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -30.12, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 37.17, 215.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1047 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.121 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8310, 47.9374, 77.1621)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C9DF #DF4E38

analogous

#38DFA1 #38C9DF #3876DF

triadic

#38C9DF #DF38C9 #C9DF38

tetradic

#38C9DF #A138DF #DF4E38 #76DF38

square

#38C9DF #A138DF #DF4E38 #76DF38

split-complementary

#38C9DF #DF3876 #DFA138

monochromatic

#167887 #1EA7BC #38C9DF #6DD7E7 #A1E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38C9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#38C9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C9DF

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C9DF	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d9e9',
    500: '#38c9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c9df;
$custom-light: #88d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.904,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77087,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C9DF

secondary

#DD9F96

accent

#5139EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C9DF

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

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