#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
RGBrgb(56, 209, 225)
HSLhsl(186, 74%, 55%)
HSVhsv(186, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(77.20, -33.35, -19.19)
CIE-LCHlch(77.20, 38.48, 209.92°)
OKLaboklab(79.07% -0.1114 -0.0534)
OKLCHoklch(79.07% 0.124 205.6)
XYZxyz(38.0160, 51.8733, 79.2285)
Luminance0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38D1E11.001.8511.3811.38
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3821.001.001.00
##00000011.3821.001.001.00

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

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#38D1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva