#38CEE1#38CEE1

#38CEE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEE1
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 225)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -31.92, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 37.95, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.1086 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.123 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2868, 50.4151, 78.9855)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEE1 #E14B38

analogous

#38E1A0 #38CEE1 #3879E1

triadic

#38CEE1 #E138CE #CEE138

tetradic

#38CEE1 #A038E1 #E14B38 #79E138

square

#38CEE1 #A038E1 #E14B38 #79E138

split-complementary

#38CEE1 #E13879 #E1A038

monochromatic

#157D8A #1DADBF #38CEE1 #6DDBE9 #A2E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#38CEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#38CEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEE1

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEE1	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddea',
    500: '#38cee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cee1;
$custom-light: #89ddea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.746,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78352,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEE1

secondary

#8F392E

accent

#4C37F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEE1

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

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