#38CCD3#38CCD3

#38CCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCD3
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 211)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -35.15, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 38.04, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.1125 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9763, 48.7254, 69.1769)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCD3 #D33F38

analogous

#38D38D #38CCD3 #387ED3

triadic

#38CCD3 #D338CC #CCD338

tetradic

#38CCD3 #8D38D3 #D33F38 #7ED338

square

#38CCD3 #8D38D3 #D33F38 #7ED338

split-complementary

#38CCD3 #D3387E #D38D38

monochromatic

#1A7276 #25A3A9 #38CCD3 #6AD9DE #9CE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38CCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#38CCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCD3

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCD3	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dce0',
    500: '#38ccd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccd3;
$custom-light: #87dce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.71,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77358,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCD3

secondary

#D59592

accent

#4841E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCD3

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

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