#38CBD4#38CBD4

#38CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBD4
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -34.38, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 37.71, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.1111 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8652, 48.3019, 69.7603)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBD4 #D44138

analogous

#38D48F #38CBD4 #387DD4

triadic

#38CBD4 #D438CB #CBD438

tetradic

#38CBD4 #8F38D4 #D44138 #7DD438

square

#38CBD4 #8F38D4 #D44138 #7DD438

split-complementary

#38CBD4 #D4387D #D48F38

monochromatic

#1A7278 #25A2AA #38CBD4 #6AD8DF #9DE5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#38CBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBD4

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBD4	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbe1',
    500: '#38cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbd4;
$custom-light: #87dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77153,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBD4

secondary

#D69692

accent

#4A40E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBD4

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

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