#38D6DA#38D6DA

#38D6DA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.125 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D6DA
RGB	rgb(56, 214, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -37.75, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 40.10, 199.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1191 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.125 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3266, 53.9912, 74.7174)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D6DA #DA3C38

analogous

#38DA8D #38D6DA #3885DA

triadic

#38D6DA #DA38D6 #D6DA38

tetradic

#38D6DA #8D38DA #DA3C38 #85DA38

square

#38D6DA #8D38DA #DA3C38 #85DA38

split-complementary

#38D6DA #DA3885 #DA8D38

monochromatic

#187D80 #21B0B3 #38D6DA #6CE1E4 #9FEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38D6DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#38D6DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D6DA

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D6DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D6DA	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d6da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 214, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.125 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3e5',
    500: '#38d6da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d6da;
$custom-light: #89e3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d6da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.481,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80005,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D6DA

secondary

#87312F

accent

#413CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D6DA

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

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