#38D3D9#38D3D9

#38D3D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3D9
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -36.65, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 39.38, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.1167 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.123 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4439, 52.4345, 73.7796)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3D9 #D93E38

analogous

#38D98E #38D3D9 #3882D9

triadic

#38D3D9 #D938D3 #D3D938

tetradic

#38D3D9 #8E38D9 #D93E38 #82D938

square

#38D3D9 #8E38D9 #D93E38 #82D938

split-complementary

#38D3D9 #D93882 #D98E38

monochromatic

#187B7E #22ACB2 #38D3D9 #6BDEE3 #9FEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#38D3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3D9

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3D9	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e1e4',
    500: '#38d3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3d9;
$custom-light: #88e1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.236,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79252,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3D9

secondary

#863330

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3D9

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

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