#38D4E2#38D4E2

#38D4E2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D4E2
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -34.47, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 39.05, 208.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1139 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.125 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8957, 53.4139, 80.1967)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D4E2 #E24638

analogous

#38E29B #38D4E2 #387FE2

triadic

#38D4E2 #E238D4 #D4E238

tetradic

#38D4E2 #9B38E2 #E24638 #7FE238

square

#38D4E2 #9B38E2 #E24638 #7FE238

split-complementary

#38D4E2 #E2387F #E29B38

monochromatic

#14818B #1CB3C1 #38D4E2 #6DE0EA #A3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#38D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4E2

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D4E2	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1eb',
    500: '#38d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d4e2;
$custom-light: #89e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.941,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79815,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D4E2

secondary

#91362D

accent

#4637F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D4E2

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

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