#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
RGB	rgb(56, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -34.17, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 39.02, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1135 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.125 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0333, 53.4690, 80.9215)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D4E3	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D4E3

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

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