#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
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -40.42, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 41.32, 191.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1229 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.125 191)
XYZ	xyz(36.6824, 52.9298, 67.3026)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D5CF	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38D5CF

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

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