#38DCF2#38DCF2

#38DCF2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCF2
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 242)
HSL	hsl(187, 88%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -33.45, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 40.34, 213.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.1149 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.131 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2441, 58.4326, 92.9867)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCF2 #F24E38

analogous

#38F2AB #38DCF2 #387FF2

triadic

#38DCF2 #F238DC #DCF238

tetradic

#38DCF2 #AB38F2 #F24E38 #7FF238

square

#38DCF2 #AB38F2 #F24E38 #7FF238

split-complementary

#38DCF2 #F2387F #F2AB38

monochromatic

#0B93A5 #0FC6DE #38DCF2 #71E6F6 #ABF0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#38DCF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#38DCF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCF2

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCF2	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D4F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC1F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dcf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7f6',
    500: '#38dcf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dcf2;
$custom-light: #8ce7f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dcf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.097,
    "s": 87.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82302,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCF2

secondary

#A63728

accent

#432AFE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCF2

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

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