#38D2E1#38D2E1

#38D2E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.124 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D2E1
RGB	rgb(56, 210, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -33.83, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 38.67, 209.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1124 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.124 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2621, 52.3655, 79.3105)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D2E1 #E14738

analogous

#38E19B #38D2E1 #387EE1

triadic

#38D2E1 #E138D2 #D2E138

tetradic

#38D2E1 #9B38E1 #E14738 #7EE138

square

#38D2E1 #9B38E1 #E14738 #7EE138

split-complementary

#38D2E1 #E1387E #E19B38

monochromatic

#157F8A #1DB1BF #38D2E1 #6DDEE9 #A2EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#38D2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D2E1

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D2E1	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 210, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.124 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0ea',
    500: '#38d2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d2e1;
$custom-light: #89e0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.325,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79303,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D2E1

secondary

#8F362E

accent

#4837F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D2E1

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

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