#38D0E1#38D0E1

#38D0E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D0E1
RGB	rgb(56, 208, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -32.88, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 38.29, 210.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.1105 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.123 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7714, 51.3841, 79.1470)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D0E1 #E14938

analogous

#38E19E #38D0E1 #387BE1

triadic

#38D0E1 #E138D0 #D0E138

tetradic

#38D0E1 #9E38E1 #E14938 #7BE138

square

#38D0E1 #9E38E1 #E14938 #7BE138

split-complementary

#38D0E1 #E1387B #E19E38

monochromatic

#157E8A #1DAFBF #38D0E1 #6DDDE9 #A2E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#38D0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D0E1

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D0E1	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 208, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dfea',
    500: '#38d0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d0e1;
$custom-light: #89dfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.036,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78827,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D0E1

secondary

#8F382E

accent

#4A37F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D0E1

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

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