#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
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 213)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -40.53, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 41.70, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1241 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.127 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4484, 55.2659, 71.5789)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38D9D5	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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