#38D3E1#38D3E1

#38D3E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D3E1
RGB	rgb(56, 211, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -34.30, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 38.87, 208.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1133 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.124 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5097, 52.8608, 79.3931)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D3E1 #E14638

analogous

#38E19A #38D3E1 #387FE1

triadic

#38D3E1 #E138D3 #D3E138

tetradic

#38D3E1 #9A38E1 #E14638 #7FE138

square

#38D3E1 #9A38E1 #E14638 #7FE138

split-complementary

#38D3E1 #E1387F #E19A38

monochromatic

#15808A #1DB2BF #38D3E1 #6DDFE9 #A2EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#38D3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D3E1

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D3E1	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 211, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1ea',
    500: '#38d3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d3e1;
$custom-light: #89e1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.97,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7954,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D3E1

secondary

#8F362E

accent

#4737F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFD

border

#CED5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D3E1

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

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