#38D7CE#38D7CE

#38D7CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7CE
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -41.59, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 42.21, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1252 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.127 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0666, 53.8934, 66.8295)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7CE #D73841

analogous

#38D77E #38D7CE #3890D7

triadic

#38D7CE #CE38D7 #D7CE38

tetradic

#38D7CE #7E38D7 #D73841 #90D738

square

#38D7CE #7E38D7 #D73841 #90D738

split-complementary

#38D7CE #D73890 #D77E38

monochromatic

#197C76 #23AFA7 #38D7CE #6BE1DB #9EEBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38D7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#38D7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7CE

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7CE	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e4dc',
    500: '#38d7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7ce;
$custom-light: #88e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79842,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7CE

secondary

#833035

accent

#3E48E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7CE

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

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