#38D7D9#38D7D9

#38D7D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.125 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D7D9
RGB	rgb(56, 215, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -38.49, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 40.51, 198.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1205 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.125 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4500, 54.4467, 74.1150)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D7D9 #D93A38

analogous

#38D98A #38D7D9 #3886D9

triadic

#38D7D9 #D938D7 #D7D938

tetradic

#38D7D9 #8A38D9 #D93A38 #86D938

square

#38D7D9 #8A38D9 #D93A38 #86D938

split-complementary

#38D7D9 #D93886 #D98A38

monochromatic

#187D7E #22B0B2 #38D7D9 #6BE1E3 #9FECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38D7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#38D7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D7D9

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D7D9	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 215, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.125 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4e4',
    500: '#38d7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d7d9;
$custom-light: #89e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.745,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8021,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D7D9

secondary

#863130

accent

#3F3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D7D9

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

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