#38D4E3#38D4E3

#38D4E3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D4E3
RGBrgb(56, 212, 227)
HSLhsl(185, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(185, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(75.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(78.15, -34.17, -18.83)
CIE-LCHlch(78.15, 39.02, 208.86°)
OKLaboklab(79.85% -0.1135 -0.0524)
OKLCHoklch(79.85% 0.125 204.8)
XYZxyz(39.0333, 53.4690, 80.9215)
Luminance0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D4E3 #E34738
analogous
#38E39C #38D4E3 #387EE3
triadic
#38D4E3 #E338D4 #D4E338
tetradic
#38D4E3 #9C38E3 #E34738 #7EE338
square
#38D4E3 #9C38E3 #E34738 #7EE338
split-complementary
#38D4E3 #E3387E #E39C38
monochromatic
#14828D #1BB4C2 #38D4E3 #6EE0EB #A3EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#38D4E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69
#38D4E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D4E3
11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D4E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D4E31.001.8011.6911.69
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6921.001.001.00
##00000011.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2CBE4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABBAE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 204.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1eb',
    500: '#38d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d4e3;
$custom-light: #89e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79852,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D4E3
secondary
#92362D
accent
#4636F2
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#38D4E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva