#38D1D4#38D1D4

#38D1D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D1D4
RGBrgb(56, 209, 212)
HSLhsl(181, 64%, 53%)
HSVhsv(181, 74%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(73.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.79, -37.18, -12.82)
CIE-LCHlch(76.79, 39.33, 199.03°)
OKLaboklab(78.6% -0.1169 -0.0356)
OKLCHoklch(78.6% 0.122 197)
XYZxyz(36.3096, 51.1907, 70.2417)
Luminance0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D1D4 #D43B38
analogous
#38D489 #38D1D4 #3883D4
triadic
#38D1D4 #D438D1 #D1D438
tetradic
#38D1D4 #8938D4 #D43B38 #83D438
square
#38D1D4 #8938D4 #D43B38 #83D438
split-complementary
#38D1D4 #D43883 #D48938
monochromatic
#1A7678 #25A7AA #38D1D4 #6ADDDF #9DE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#38D1D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24
#38D1D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1D4
11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D1D4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D1D41.001.8711.2411.24
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2421.001.001.00
##00000011.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2C7D4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACB7D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d1d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 197.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe1',
    500: '#38d1d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d1d4;
$custom-light: #88dfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d1d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78596,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.51195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D1D4
secondary
#803230
accent
#4440E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1D4

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#38D1D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva