#38CBDF#38CBDF

#38CBDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CBDF
RGBrgb(56, 203, 223)
HSLhsl(187, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(187, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.37, -31.09, -20.89)
CIE-LCHlch(75.37, 37.45, 213.90°)
OKLaboklab(77.56% -0.1066 -0.0581)
OKLCHoklch(77.56% 0.121 208.6)
XYZxyz(36.3003, 48.8759, 77.3186)
Luminance0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CBDF #DF4C38
analogous
#38DFA0 #38CBDF #3877DF
triadic
#38CBDF #DF38CB #CBDF38
tetradic
#38CBDF #A038DF #DF4C38 #77DF38
square
#38CBDF #A038DF #DF4C38 #77DF38
split-complementary
#38CBDF #DF3877 #DFA038
monochromatic
#167987 #1EA9BC #38CBDF #6DD9E7 #A1E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#38CBDF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78
#38CBDF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CBDF
10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CBDF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CBDF1.001.9510.7810.78
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7821.001.001.00
##00000010.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9C3E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B2DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 203, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 208.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbe9',
    500: '#38cbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cbdf;
$custom-light: #88dbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.186,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77563,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CBDF
secondary
#DD9F96
accent
#4F39EF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F1FBFC
border
#CBD4D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#38CBDF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva