#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
RGB	rgb(56, 214, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -38.03, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 40.21, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1195 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.125 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1961, 53.9390, 74.0304)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D6D9	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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