#38D5CF#38D5CF

#38D5CF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D5CF
RGBrgb(56, 213, 207)
HSLhsl(178, 65%, 53%)
HSVhsv(178, 74%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(73.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.83, -40.42, -8.59)
CIE-LCHlch(77.83, 41.32, 191.99°)
OKLaboklab(79.39% -0.1229 -0.024)
OKLCHoklch(79.39% 0.125 191)
XYZxyz(36.6824, 52.9298, 67.3026)
Luminance0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D5CF #D5383E
analogous
#38D580 #38D5CF #388CD5
triadic
#38D5CF #CF38D5 #D5CF38
tetradic
#38D5CF #8038D5 #D5383E #8CD538
square
#38D5CF #8038D5 #D5383E #8CD538
split-complementary
#38D5CF #D5388C #D58038
monochromatic
#1A7975 #24ACA6 #38D5CF #6BE0DB #9DEAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#38D5CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59
#38D5CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5CF
11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D5CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D5CF1.001.8111.5911.59
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5921.001.001.00
##00000011.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8CACF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2BAD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 191.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2dd',
    500: '#38d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d5cf;
$custom-light: #88e2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.707,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79391,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.52934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D5CF
secondary
#813033
accent
#4046E8
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#38D5CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva