#38D0D4#38D0D4

#38D0D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0D4
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -36.72, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 39.04, 199.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.1159 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.122 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0650, 50.7016, 70.1602)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0D4 #D43C38

analogous

#38D48A #38D0D4 #3882D4

triadic

#38D0D4 #D438D0 #D0D438

tetradic

#38D0D4 #8A38D4 #D43C38 #82D438

square

#38D0D4 #8A38D4 #D43C38 #82D438

split-complementary

#38D0D4 #D43882 #D48A38

monochromatic

#1A7578 #25A7AA #38D0D4 #6ADCDF #9DE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D0D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#38D0D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0D4

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0D4	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dfe1',
    500: '#38d0d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0d4;
$custom-light: #87dfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78355,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0D4

secondary

#803230

accent

#4540E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0D4

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

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