#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
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 212)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -37.18, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 39.33, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.1169 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.122 197)
XYZ	xyz(36.3096, 51.1907, 70.2417)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D1D4	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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