#38CBDD#38CBDD

#38CBDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CBDD
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -31.69, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 37.43, 212.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1074 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.121 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0322, 48.7687, 75.9069)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CBDD #DD4A38

analogous

#38DD9C #38CBDD #3879DD

triadic

#38CBDD #DD38CB #CBDD38

tetradic

#38CBDD #9C38DD #DD4A38 #79DD38

square

#38CBDD #9C38DD #DD4A38 #79DD38

split-complementary

#38CBDD #DD3879 #DD9C38

monochromatic

#177884 #1FA8B8 #38CBDD #6CD9E6 #A1E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#38CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBDD

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CBDD	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbe7',
    500: '#38cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cbdd;
$custom-light: #88dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77487,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CBDD

secondary

#DB9D95

accent

#4E3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CBDD

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

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