#38D3DD#38D3DD

#38D3DD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3DD
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -35.48, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 39.07, 204.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.115 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.124 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9704, 52.6451, 76.5529)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3DD #DD4238

analogous

#38DD94 #38D3DD #3881DD

triadic

#38D3DD #DD38D3 #D3DD38

tetradic

#38D3DD #9438DD #DD4238 #81DD38

square

#38D3DD #9438DD #DD4238 #81DD38

split-complementary

#38D3DD #DD3881 #DD9438

monochromatic

#177D84 #1FAFB8 #38D3DD #6CDFE6 #A1EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#38D3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3DD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3DD	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1e7',
    500: '#38d3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3dd;
$custom-light: #89e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3DD

secondary

#8B342F

accent

#453AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3DD

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

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