#38D6D9#38D6D9

#38D6D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.125 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D6D9
RGBrgb(56, 214, 217)
HSLhsl(181, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.43, -38.03, -13.06)
CIE-LCHlch(78.43, 40.21, 198.95°)
OKLaboklab(79.97% -0.1195 -0.0363)
OKLCHoklch(79.97% 0.125 196.9)
XYZxyz(38.1961, 53.9390, 74.0304)
Luminance0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D6D9 #D93B38
analogous
#38D98B #38D6D9 #3885D9
triadic
#38D6D9 #D938D6 #D6D938
tetradic
#38D6D9 #8B38D9 #D93B38 #85D938
square
#38D6D9 #8B38D9 #D93B38 #85D938
split-complementary
#38D6D9 #D93885 #D98B38
monochromatic
#187D7E #22AFB2 #38D6D9 #6BE1E3 #9FEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#38D6D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79
#38D6D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D6D9
11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D6D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D6D91.001.7811.7911.79
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7921.001.001.00
##00000011.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7CCD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0BBDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 214, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.125 196.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3e4',
    500: '#38d6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d6d9;
$custom-light: #89e3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.118,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79971,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D6D9
secondary
#863130
accent
#403DEB
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D6D9

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#38D6D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva