#38D4D9#38D4D9

#38D4D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4D9
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -37.11, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 39.65, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.1176 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.124 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6931, 52.9329, 73.8627)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4D9 #D93D38

analogous

#38D98D #38D4D9 #3883D9

triadic

#38D4D9 #D938D4 #D4D938

tetradic

#38D4D9 #8D38D9 #D93D38 #83D938

square

#38D4D9 #8D38D9 #D93D38 #83D938

split-complementary

#38D4D9 #D93883 #D98D38

monochromatic

#187B7E #22ADB2 #38D4D9 #6BDFE3 #9FEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#38D4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4D9

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4D9	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e1e4',
    500: '#38d4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4d9;
$custom-light: #88e1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.863,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79491,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4D9

secondary

#863230

accent

#423DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4D9

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

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