#38DEE3#38DEE3

#38DEE3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DEE3
RGB	rgb(56, 222, 227)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -38.81, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 41.40, 200.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.1229 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.129 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6110, 58.6242, 81.7807)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DEE3 #E33D38

analogous

#38E392 #38DEE3 #3889E3

triadic

#38DEE3 #E338DE #DEE338

tetradic

#38DEE3 #9238E3 #E33D38 #89E338

square

#38DEE3 #9238E3 #E33D38 #89E338

split-complementary

#38DEE3 #E33889 #E39238

monochromatic

#14898D #1BBEC2 #38DEE3 #6EE7EB #A3F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#38DEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#38DEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DEE3

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DEE3	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 222, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9eb',
    500: '#38dee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dee3;
$custom-light: #8be9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.754,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82229,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DEE3

secondary

#92302D

accent

#3B36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DEE3

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

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