#38D3DE#38D3DE

#38D3DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3DE
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -35.19, -16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 39.01, 205.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1146 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.124 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1041, 52.6986, 77.2567)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3DE #DE4338

analogous

#38DE96 #38D3DE #3880DE

triadic

#38D3DE #DE38D3 #D3DE38

tetradic

#38D3DE #9638DE #DE4338 #80DE38

square

#38D3DE #9638DE #DE4338 #80DE38

split-complementary

#38D3DE #DE3880 #DE9638

monochromatic

#167E85 #1FB0BA #38D3DE #6CDFE7 #A1EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#38D3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#38D3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3DE

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3DE	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1e8',
    500: '#38d3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3de;
$custom-light: #89e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.976,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3DE

secondary

#8C352E

accent

#453AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3DE

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

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