#38D8D9#38D8D9

#38D8D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D8D9
RGB	rgb(56, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -38.95, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 40.81, 197.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.1214 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.126 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7054, 54.9575, 74.2001)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D8D9 #D93938

analogous

#38D989 #38D8D9 #3887D9

triadic

#38D8D9 #D938D8 #D8D938

tetradic

#38D8D9 #8938D9 #D93938 #87D938

square

#38D8D9 #8938D9 #D93938 #87D938

split-complementary

#38D8D9 #D93887 #D98938

monochromatic

#187E7E #22B1B2 #38D8D9 #6BE2E3 #9FECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#38D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D8D9

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D8D9	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4e4',
    500: '#38d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d8d9;
$custom-light: #89e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.373,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D8D9

secondary

#863030

accent

#3E3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D8D9

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

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