#38DBDC#38DBDC

#38DBDC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBDC
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -39.45, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 41.33, 197.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.123 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.128 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8747, 56.6662, 76.5324)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBDC #DC3938

analogous

#38DC8B #38DBDC #3889DC

triadic

#38DBDC #DC38DB #DBDC38

tetradic

#38DBDC #8B38DC #DC3938 #89DC38

square

#38DBDC #8B38DC #DC3938 #89DC38

split-complementary

#38DBDC #DC3889 #DC8B38

monochromatic

#178283 #20B6B7 #38DBDC #6CE4E5 #A0EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#38DBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#38DBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBDC

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBDC	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7e6',
    500: '#38dbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbdc;
$custom-light: #8ae7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.366,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBDC

secondary

#892F2F

accent

#3C3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBDC

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

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