#38D0DE#38D0DE

#38D0DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D0DE
RGBrgb(56, 208, 222)
HSLhsl(185, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(185, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.81, -33.78, -18.17)
CIE-LCHlch(76.81, 38.35, 208.28°)
OKLaboklab(78.72% -0.1117 -0.0505)
OKLCHoklch(78.72% 0.123 204.3)
XYZxyz(37.3657, 51.2219, 77.0106)
Luminance0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D0DE #DE4638
analogous
#38DE99 #38D0DE #387DDE
triadic
#38D0DE #DE38D0 #D0DE38
tetradic
#38D0DE #9938DE #DE4638 #7DDE38
square
#38D0DE #9938DE #DE4638 #7DDE38
split-complementary
#38D0DE #DE387D #DE9938
monochromatic
#167C85 #1FADBA #38D0DE #6CDCE7 #A1E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#38D0DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25
#38D0DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0DE
11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D0DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D0DE1.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFC7DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B6DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 204.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe8',
    500: '#38d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d0de;
$custom-light: #88dfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.06,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78715,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D0DE
secondary
#8C362E
accent
#493AEE
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0DE

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#38D0DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva