#38D1D9#38D1D9

#38D1D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1D9
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 217)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -35.72, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 38.85, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.1148 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.122 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9501, 51.4469, 73.6150)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1D9 #D94038

analogous

#38D990 #38D1D9 #3880D9

triadic

#38D1D9 #D938D1 #D1D938

tetradic

#38D1D9 #9038D9 #D94038 #80D938

square

#38D1D9 #9038D9 #D94038 #80D938

split-complementary

#38D1D9 #D93880 #D99038

monochromatic

#18797E #22ABB2 #38D1D9 #6BDDE3 #9FE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#38D1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#38D1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1D9

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1D9	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe4',
    500: '#38d1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1d9;
$custom-light: #88dfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.981,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78773,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1D9

secondary

#863430

accent

#463DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1D9

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

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