#38D1DD#38D1DD

#38D1DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.123 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D1DD
RGBrgb(56, 209, 221)
HSLhsl(184, 71%, 54%)
HSVhsv(184, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.08, -34.54, -17.24)
CIE-LCHlch(77.08, 38.61, 206.52°)
OKLaboklab(78.92% -0.1131 -0.0479)
OKLCHoklch(78.92% 0.123 203)
XYZxyz(37.4767, 51.6576, 76.3883)
Luminance0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D1DD #DD4438
analogous
#38DD97 #38D1DD #387EDD
triadic
#38D1DD #DD38D1 #D1DD38
tetradic
#38D1DD #9738DD #DD4438 #7EDD38
square
#38D1DD #9738DD #DD4438 #7EDD38
split-complementary
#38D1DD #DD387E #DD9738
monochromatic
#177C84 #1FADB8 #38D1DD #6CDDE6 #A1E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#38D1DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33
#38D1DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1DD
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D1DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D1DD1.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0C8DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9B7DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.123 203.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfe7',
    500: '#38d1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d1dd;
$custom-light: #88dfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.51662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D1DD
secondary
#8B352F
accent
#473AEE
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#38D1DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva