#38D0D9#38D0D9

#38D0D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0D9
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 217)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -35.26, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 38.60, 204.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.1138 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.122 201)
XYZ	xyz(36.7055, 50.9578, 73.5335)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0D9 #D94138

analogous

#38D991 #38D0D9 #387FD9

triadic

#38D0D9 #D938D0 #D0D938

tetradic

#38D0D9 #9138D9 #D94138 #7FD938

square

#38D0D9 #9138D9 #D94138 #7FD938

split-complementary

#38D0D9 #D9387F #D99138

monochromatic

#18797E #22AAB2 #38D0D9 #6BDCE3 #9FE8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38D0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#38D0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0D9

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0D9	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe4',
    500: '#38d0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0d9;
$custom-light: #88dfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.354,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78533,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.50962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0D9

secondary

#863430

accent

#473DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0D9

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

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