#38D9D3#38D9D3

#38D9D3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9D3
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 211)
HSL	hsl(178, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -41.09, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 42.02, 192.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.125 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.127 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1961, 55.1650, 70.2502)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9D3 #D9383E

analogous

#38D982 #38D9D3 #388ED9

triadic

#38D9D3 #D338D9 #D9D338

tetradic

#38D9D3 #8238D9 #D9383E #8ED938

square

#38D9D3 #8238D9 #D9383E #8ED938

split-complementary

#38D9D3 #D9388E #D98238

monochromatic

#187E7B #22B2AC #38D9D3 #6BE3DE #9FEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38D9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#38D9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9D3

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9D3	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5e0',
    500: '#38d9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9d3;
$custom-light: #89e5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.764,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80489,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9D3

secondary

#863033

accent

#3D43EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9D3

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

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