#38D5CE#38D5CE

#38D5CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5CE
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -40.70, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 41.50, 191.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1233 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.125 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5605, 52.8810, 66.6607)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5CE #D5383F

analogous

#38D580 #38D5CE #388DD5

triadic

#38D5CE #CE38D5 #D5CE38

tetradic

#38D5CE #8038D5 #D5383F #8DD538

square

#38D5CE #8038D5 #D5383F #8DD538

split-complementary

#38D5CE #D5388D #D58038

monochromatic

#1A7975 #24ACA6 #38D5CE #6BE0DA #9DEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#38D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#38D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5CE

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5CE	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2dc',
    500: '#38d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5ce;
$custom-light: #88e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.325,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5CE

secondary

#813034

accent

#4047E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5CE

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

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