#38D1E1#38D1E1

#38D1E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.124 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D1E1
RGB	rgb(56, 209, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -33.35, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 38.48, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.1114 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.124 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0160, 51.8733, 79.2285)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D1E1 #E14838

analogous

#38E19C #38D1E1 #387DE1

triadic

#38D1E1 #E138D1 #D1E138

tetradic

#38D1E1 #9C38E1 #E14838 #7DE138

square

#38D1E1 #9C38E1 #E14838 #7DE138

split-complementary

#38D1E1 #E1387D #E19C38

monochromatic

#157F8A #1DB0BF #38D1E1 #6DDDE9 #A2EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#38D1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D1E1

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D1E1	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 209, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.124 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dfea',
    500: '#38d1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d1e1;
$custom-light: #89dfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.68,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79065,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D1E1

secondary

#8F372E

accent

#4937F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D1E1

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

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