#38D1DE#38D1DE

#38D1DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1DE
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -34.25, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 38.56, 207.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.1127 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.123 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6103, 51.7110, 77.0921)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1DE #DE4538

analogous

#38DE98 #38D1DE #387EDE

triadic

#38D1DE #DE38D1 #D1DE38

tetradic

#38D1DE #9838DE #DE4538 #7EDE38

square

#38D1DE #9838DE #DE4538 #7EDE38

split-complementary

#38D1DE #DE387E #DE9838

monochromatic

#167D85 #1FAEBA #38D1DE #6CDDE7 #A1E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#38D1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1DE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1DE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dfe8',
    500: '#38d1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1de;
$custom-light: #89dfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.699,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78954,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1DE

secondary

#8C362E

accent

#483AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1DE

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

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