#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
RGBrgb(56, 213, 217)
HSLhsl(181, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.13, -37.58, -13.50)
CIE-LCHlch(78.13, 39.93, 199.77°)
OKLaboklab(79.73% -0.1186 -0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(79.73% 0.124 197.6)
XYZxyz(37.9438, 53.4344, 73.9463)
Luminance0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38D5D91.001.8011.6911.69
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6921.001.001.00
##00000011.6921.001.001.00

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

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#38D5D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva