#38D9D8#38D9D8

#38D9D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D9D8
RGB	rgb(56, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -39.69, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 41.25, 195.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1228 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.127 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8327, 55.4196, 73.6028)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D9D8 #D93839

analogous

#38D987 #38D9D8 #3889D9

triadic

#38D9D8 #D838D9 #D9D838

tetradic

#38D9D8 #8738D9 #D93839 #89D938

square

#38D9D8 #8738D9 #D93839 #89D938

split-complementary

#38D9D8 #D93889 #D98738

monochromatic

#187E7E #22B2B1 #38D9D8 #6BE3E2 #9FEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38D9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#38D9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D9D8

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D9D8	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5e4',
    500: '#38d9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d9d8;
$custom-light: #89e5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.627,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D9D8

secondary

#863030

accent

#3D3EEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D9D8

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

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