#38CADF#38CADF

#38CADF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CADF
RGB	rgb(56, 202, 223)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -30.60, -21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 37.31, 214.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.1056 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.121 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0649, 48.4051, 77.2401)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CADF #DF4D38

analogous

#38DFA1 #38CADF #3877DF

triadic

#38CADF #DF38CA #CADF38

tetradic

#38CADF #A138DF #DF4D38 #77DF38

square

#38CADF #A138DF #DF4D38 #77DF38

split-complementary

#38CADF #DF3877 #DFA138

monochromatic

#167987 #1EA8BC #38CADF #6DD8E7 #A1E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#38CADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CADF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CADF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cadf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 202, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dae9',
    500: '#38cadf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cadf;
$custom-light: #88dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cadf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.545,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CADF

secondary

#DD9F96

accent

#5039EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CADF

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

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