#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
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -33.78, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 38.35, 208.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.1117 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.123 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3657, 51.2219, 77.0106)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D0DE	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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