#38DBE2#38DBE2

#38DBE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBE2
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -37.73, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 40.69, 202.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.1205 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.128 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6836, 56.9898, 80.7927)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBE2 #E23F38

analogous

#38E294 #38DBE2 #3886E2

triadic

#38DBE2 #E238DB #DBE238

tetradic

#38DBE2 #9438E2 #E23F38 #86E238

square

#38DBE2 #9438E2 #E23F38 #86E238

split-complementary

#38DBE2 #E23886 #E29438

monochromatic

#14868B #1CBAC1 #38DBE2 #6DE5EA #A3EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#38DBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#38DBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBE2

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBE2	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6eb',
    500: '#38dbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbe2;
$custom-light: #8ae6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.471,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8148,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBE2

secondary

#91322D

accent

#3E37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBE2

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

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