#38D5D9#38D5D9

#38D5D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.124 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D5D9
RGB	rgb(56, 213, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -37.58, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 39.93, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1186 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.124 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9438, 53.4344, 73.9463)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D5D9 #D93C38

analogous

#38D98C #38D5D9 #3884D9

triadic

#38D5D9 #D938D5 #D5D938

tetradic

#38D5D9 #8C38D9 #D93C38 #84D938

square

#38D5D9 #8C38D9 #D93C38 #84D938

split-complementary

#38D5D9 #D93884 #D98C38

monochromatic

#187C7E #22AEB2 #38D5D9 #6BE0E3 #9FEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#38D5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#38D5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D5D9

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D5D9	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)

#C6CBDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 213, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.124 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2e4',
    500: '#38d5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d5d9;
$custom-light: #89e2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.491,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79731,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D5D9

secondary

#863230

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D5D9

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

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