#38CADF#38CADF

#38CADF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CADF
RGBrgb(56, 202, 223)
HSLhsl(188, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(188, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.08, -30.60, -21.34)
CIE-LCHlch(75.08, 37.31, 214.88°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.1056 -0.0594)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.121 209.4)
XYZxyz(36.0649, 48.4051, 77.2401)
Luminance0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CADF #DF4D38
analogous
#38DFA1 #38CADF #3877DF
triadic
#38CADF #DF38CA #CADF38
tetradic
#38CADF #A138DF #DF4D38 #77DF38
square
#38CADF #A138DF #DF4D38 #77DF38
split-complementary
#38CADF #DF3877 #DFA138
monochromatic
#167987 #1EA8BC #38CADF #6DD8E7 #A1E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#38CADF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68
#38CADF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CADF
10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CADF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CADF1.001.9710.6810.68
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6821.001.001.00
##00000010.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C2E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B2DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cadf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 209.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae9',
    500: '#38cadf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cadf;
$custom-light: #88dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cadf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.545,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CADF
secondary
#DD9F96
accent
#5039EF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F1FBFC
border
#CBD4D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CADF

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#38CADF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva