#38E2DA#38E2DA

#38E2DA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E2DA
RGB	rgb(56, 226, 218)
HSL	hsl(177, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -43.15, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 43.93, 190.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.1305 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.133 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4762, 60.2903, 75.7673)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E2DA #E23840

analogous

#38E285 #38E2DA #3895E2

triadic

#38E2DA #DA38E2 #E2DA38

tetradic

#38E2DA #8538E2 #E23840 #95E238

square

#38E2DA #8538E2 #E23840 #95E238

split-complementary

#38E2DA #E23895 #E28538

monochromatic

#148B86 #1CC1B9 #38E2DA #6DEAE4 #A3F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#38E2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#38E2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E2DA

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E2DA	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 226, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aece5',
    500: '#38e2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e2da;
$custom-light: #8aece5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.176,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82882,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E2DA

secondary

#912D32

accent

#373FF1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E2DA

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

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