#38CBD3#38CBD3

#38CBD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBD3
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -34.68, -15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 37.78, 203.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.1115 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7394, 48.2516, 69.0980)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBD3 #D34038

analogous

#38D38E #38CBD3 #387DD3

triadic

#38CBD3 #D338CB #CBD338

tetradic

#38CBD3 #8E38D3 #D34038 #7DD338

square

#38CBD3 #8E38D3 #D34038 #7DD338

split-complementary

#38CBD3 #D3387D #D38E38

monochromatic

#1A7276 #25A2A9 #38CBD3 #6AD8DE #9CE5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#38CBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBD3

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBD3	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbe0',
    500: '#38cbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbd3;
$custom-light: #87dbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.097,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77117,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBD3

secondary

#D59592

accent

#4A41E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBD3

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

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