#38D9D5#38D9D5

#38D9D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38D9D5
RGBrgb(56, 217, 213)
HSLhsl(179, 68%, 54%)
HSVhsv(179, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.19, -40.53, -9.77)
CIE-LCHlch(79.19, 41.70, 193.56°)
OKLaboklab(80.55% -0.1241 -0.0272)
OKLCHoklch(80.55% 0.127 192.4)
XYZxyz(38.4484, 55.2659, 71.5789)
Luminance0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38D9D5 #D9383C
analogous
#38D984 #38D9D5 #388CD9
triadic
#38D9D5 #D538D9 #D9D538
tetradic
#38D9D5 #8438D9 #D9383C #8CD938
square
#38D9D5 #8438D9 #D9383C #8CD938
split-complementary
#38D9D5 #D9388C #D98438
monochromatic
#187E7C #22B2AE #38D9D5 #6BE3E0 #9FEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#38D9D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05
#38D9D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9D5
12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38D9D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38D9D51.001.7412.0512.05
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0521.001.001.00
##00000012.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCED5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5BDD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38d9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 192.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5e1',
    500: '#38d9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38d9d5;
$custom-light: #89e5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38d9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.509,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38D9D5
secondary
#863032
accent
#3D41EB
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1615
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9D5

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#38D9D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva