#38D0DD#38D0DD

#38D0DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0DD
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -34.07, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 38.39, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1121 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.122 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2321, 51.1684, 76.3068)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0DD #DD4538

analogous

#38DD97 #38D0DD #387EDD

triadic

#38D0DD #DD38D0 #D0DD38

tetradic

#38D0DD #9738DD #DD4538 #7EDD38

square

#38D0DD #9738DD #DD4538 #7EDD38

split-complementary

#38D0DD #DD387E #DD9738

monochromatic

#177B84 #1FACB8 #38D0DD #6CDCE6 #A1E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#38D0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#38D0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0DD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0DD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe7',
    500: '#38d0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0dd;
$custom-light: #88dfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0DD

secondary

#8B362F

accent

#483AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0DD

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

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