#38DFE3#38DFE3

#38DFE3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DFE3
RGB	rgb(56, 223, 227)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 1.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -39.27, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 41.68, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.1238 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.13 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8773, 59.1570, 81.8695)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DFE3 #E33C38

analogous

#38E392 #38DFE3 #3889E3

triadic

#38DFE3 #E338DF #DFE338

tetradic

#38DFE3 #9238E3 #E33C38 #89E338

square

#38DFE3 #9238E3 #E33C38 #89E338

split-complementary

#38DFE3 #E33889 #E39238

monochromatic

#148A8D #1BBFC2 #38DFE3 #6EE8EB #A3F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#38DFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#38DFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DFE3

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DFE3	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 223, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9eb',
    500: '#38dfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dfe3;
$custom-light: #8be9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.404,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82467,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DFE3

secondary

#92302D

accent

#3A36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DFE3

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

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