#38D2D4#38D2D4

#38D2D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D2D4
RGB	rgb(56, 210, 212)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -37.64, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 39.62, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.1178 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.123 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5557, 51.6830, 70.3238)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D2D4 #D43A38

analogous

#38D488 #38D2D4 #3884D4

triadic

#38D2D4 #D438D2 #D2D438

tetradic

#38D2D4 #8838D4 #D43A38 #84D438

square

#38D2D4 #8838D4 #D43A38 #84D438

split-complementary

#38D2D4 #D43884 #D48838

monochromatic

#1A7778 #25A8AA #38D2D4 #6ADDDF #9DE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#38D2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#38D2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2D4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D2D4	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)

#C4C8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0e1',
    500: '#38d2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d2d4;
$custom-light: #88e0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78837,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D2D4

secondary

#803130

accent

#4240E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2D4

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

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