#38E2DE#38E2DE

#38E2DE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.132 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E2DE
RGB	rgb(56, 226, 222)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -42.03, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 43.26, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.1288 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.132 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0059, 60.5022, 78.5573)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E2DE #E2383C

analogous

#38E289 #38E2DE #3891E2

triadic

#38E2DE #DE38E2 #E2DE38

tetradic

#38E2DE #8938E2 #E2383C #91E238

square

#38E2DE #8938E2 #E2383C #91E238

split-complementary

#38E2DE #E23891 #E28938

monochromatic

#148B88 #1CC1BD #38E2DE #6DEAE7 #A3F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#38E2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#38E2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E2DE

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E2DE	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 226, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.132 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bece8',
    500: '#38e2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e2de;
$custom-light: #8bece8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83013,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E2DE

secondary

#912D30

accent

#373BF1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E2DE

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

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