#38CCD4#38CCD4

#38CCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCD4
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -34.85, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 37.96, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.1121 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.12 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1021, 48.7757, 69.8392)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCD4 #D44038

analogous

#38D48E #38CCD4 #387ED4

triadic

#38CCD4 #D438CC #CCD438

tetradic

#38CCD4 #8E38D4 #D44038 #7ED438

square

#38CCD4 #8E38D4 #D44038 #7ED438

split-complementary

#38CCD4 #D4387E #D48E38

monochromatic

#1A7378 #25A3AA #38CCD4 #6AD9DF #9DE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38CCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#38CCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCD4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCD4	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dce1',
    500: '#38ccd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccd4;
$custom-light: #87dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77394,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCD4

secondary

#D69592

accent

#4940E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCD4

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

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