#38D2DE#38D2DE

#38D2DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D2DE
RGB	rgb(56, 210, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -34.72, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 38.78, 206.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.1136 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.123 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8564, 52.2032, 77.1741)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D2DE #DE4438

analogous

#38DE97 #38D2DE #387FDE

triadic

#38D2DE #DE38D2 #D2DE38

tetradic

#38D2DE #9738DE #DE4438 #7FDE38

square

#38D2DE #9738DE #DE4438 #7FDE38

split-complementary

#38D2DE #DE387F #DE9738

monochromatic

#167D85 #1FAFBA #38D2DE #6CDEE7 #A1EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#38D2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#38D2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2DE

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D2DE	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0e8',
    500: '#38d2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d2de;
$custom-light: #89e0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.337,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79192,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D2DE

secondary

#8C352E

accent

#473AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2DE

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

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