#38CAE3#38CAE3

#38CAE3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CAE3
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -29.38, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 37.49, 218.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.104 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.123 212)
XYZ	xyz(36.6106, 48.6234, 80.1139)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CAE3 #E35138

analogous

#38E3A6 #38CAE3 #3874E3

triadic

#38CAE3 #E338CA #CAE338

tetradic

#38CAE3 #A638E3 #E35138 #74E338

square

#38CAE3 #A638E3 #E35138 #74E338

split-complementary

#38CAE3 #E33874 #E3A638

monochromatic

#147B8D #1BAAC2 #38CAE3 #6ED8EB #A3E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38CAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#38CAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CAE3

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CAE3	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88daeb',
    500: '#38cae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cae3;
$custom-light: #88daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.772,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77481,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.48628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CAE3

secondary

#DFA298

accent

#5136F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CAE3

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

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