#38E3E3#38E3E3

#38E3E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38E3E3
RGB	rgb(56, 227, 227)
HSL	hsl(180, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -41.07, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 42.85, 196.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.1276 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.132 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9587, 61.3197, 82.2299)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38E3E3 #E33838

analogous

#38E38D #38E3E3 #388DE3

triadic

#38E3E3 #E338E3 #E3E338

tetradic

#38E3E3 #8D38E3 #E33838 #8DE338

square

#38E3E3 #8D38E3 #E33838 #8DE338

split-complementary

#38E3E3 #E3388D #E38D38

monochromatic

#148D8D #1BC2C2 #38E3E3 #6EEBEB #A3F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#38E3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#38E3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38E3E3

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38E3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38E3E3	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38e3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 227, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beceb',
    500: '#38e3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38e3e3;
$custom-light: #8beceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38e3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83419,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38E3E3

secondary

#922D2D

accent

#3636F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #38E3E3

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

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