#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
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -34.54, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 38.61, 206.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1131 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.123 203)
XYZ	xyz(37.4767, 51.6576, 76.3883)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D1DD	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D1DD

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

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