#38CBD1#38CBD1

#38CBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBD1
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -35.27, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 37.95, 201.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1124 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4903, 48.1519, 67.7857)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBD1 #D13E38

analogous

#38D18B #38CBD1 #387FD1

triadic

#38CBD1 #D138CB #CBD138

tetradic

#38CBD1 #8B38D1 #D13E38 #7FD138

square

#38CBD1 #8B38D1 #D13E38 #7FD138

split-complementary

#38CBD1 #D1387F #D18B38

monochromatic

#1B7074 #26A1A6 #38CBD1 #6AD8DC #9BE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#38CBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBD1

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBD1	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbdf',
    500: '#38cbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbd1;
$custom-light: #87dbdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77045,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBD1

secondary

#D49491

accent

#4942E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBD1

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

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