#38CFE1#38CFE1

#38CFE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFE1
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -32.40, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 38.12, 211.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1095 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.123 207)
XYZ	xyz(37.5283, 50.8981, 79.0660)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFE1 #E14A38

analogous

#38E19F #38CFE1 #387AE1

triadic

#38CFE1 #E138CF #CFE138

tetradic

#38CFE1 #9F38E1 #E14A38 #7AE138

square

#38CFE1 #9F38E1 #E14A38 #7AE138

split-complementary

#38CFE1 #E1387A #E19F38

monochromatic

#157D8A #1DAEBF #38CFE1 #6DDCE9 #A2E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38CFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#38CFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFE1

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFE1	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89deea',
    500: '#38cfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfe1;
$custom-light: #89deea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.391,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78589,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.50903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFE1

secondary

#8F382E

accent

#4B37F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFE1

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

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