#38CFDF#38CFDF

#38CFDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CFDF
RGBrgb(56, 207, 223)
HSLhsl(186, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.55, -33.00, -19.11)
CIE-LCHlch(76.55, 38.13, 210.07°)
OKLaboklab(78.51% -0.1104 -0.0531)
OKLCHoklch(78.51% 0.122 205.7)
XYZxyz(37.2571, 50.7896, 77.6375)
Luminance0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CFDF #DF4838
analogous
#38DF9C #38CFDF #387BDF
triadic
#38CFDF #DF38CF #CFDF38
tetradic
#38CFDF #9C38DF #DF4838 #7BDF38
square
#38CFDF #9C38DF #DF4838 #7BDF38
split-complementary
#38CFDF #DF387B #DF9C38
monochromatic
#167C87 #1EADBC #38CFDF #6DDCE7 #A1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#38CFDF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16
#38CFDF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFDF
11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CFDF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CFDF1.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC7E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6B6DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 205.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dee9',
    500: '#38cfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cfdf;
$custom-light: #88dee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.749,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CFDF
secondary
#8D372E
accent
#4A39EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFDF

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