#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
RGB	rgb(56, 203, 223)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -31.09, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 37.45, 213.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.1066 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.121 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3003, 48.8759, 77.3186)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38CBDF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38CBDF

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

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