#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
RGBrgb(56, 213, 206)
HSLhsl(177, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(177, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.80, -40.70, -8.09)
CIE-LCHlch(77.80, 41.50, 191.25°)
OKLaboklab(79.36% -0.1233 -0.0226)
OKLCHoklch(79.36% 0.125 190.4)
XYZxyz(36.5605, 52.8810, 66.6607)
Luminance0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38D5CE1.001.8111.5811.58
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5821.001.001.00
##00000011.5821.001.001.00

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

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#38D5CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva