#38CCD1#38CCD1

#38CCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCD1
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -35.73, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 38.22, 200.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1133 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.119 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7272, 48.6257, 67.8647)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCD1 #D13D38

analogous

#38D18A #38CCD1 #3880D1

triadic

#38CCD1 #D138CC #CCD138

tetradic

#38CCD1 #8A38D1 #D13D38 #80D138

square

#38CCD1 #8A38D1 #D13D38 #80D138

split-complementary

#38CCD1 #D13880 #D18A38

monochromatic

#1B7174 #26A1A6 #38CCD1 #6AD9DC #9BE5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#38CCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#38CCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCD1

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCD1	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcdf',
    500: '#38ccd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccd1;
$custom-light: #87dcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.961,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCD1

secondary

#D49391

accent

#4842E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCD1

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

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