#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
RGBrgb(56, 216, 217)
HSLhsl(180, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(180, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.02, -38.95, -12.18)
CIE-LCHlch(79.02, 40.81, 197.36°)
OKLaboklab(80.45% -0.1214 -0.0339)
OKLCHoklch(80.45% 0.126 195.6)
XYZxyz(38.7054, 54.9575, 74.2001)
Luminance0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38D8D91.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

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

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#38D8D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva