#38DCD8#38DCD8

#38DCD8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCD8
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -41.04, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 42.22, 193.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1257 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.129 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6130, 56.9802, 73.8629)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCD8 #DC383C

analogous

#38DC86 #38DCD8 #388EDC

triadic

#38DCD8 #D838DC #DCD838

tetradic

#38DCD8 #8638DC #DC383C #8EDC38

square

#38DCD8 #8638DC #DC383C #8EDC38

split-complementary

#38DCD8 #DC388E #DC8638

monochromatic

#178380 #20B7B3 #38DCD8 #6CE5E2 #A0EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#38DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#38DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCD8

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCD8	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)

#CED1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7e4',
    500: '#38dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dcd8;
$custom-light: #89e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81376,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCD8

secondary

#892F31

accent

#3B3FED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCD8

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

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