#38CCDA#38CCDA

#38CCDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCDA
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -33.07, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 37.65, 208.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1096 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.12 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8730, 49.0841, 73.8996)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCDA #DA4638

analogous

#38DA97 #38CCDA #387BDA

triadic

#38CCDA #DA38CC #CCDA38

tetradic

#38CCDA #9738DA #DA4638 #7BDA38

square

#38CCDA #9738DA #DA4638 #7BDA38

split-complementary

#38CCDA #DA387B #DA9738

monochromatic

#187780 #21A7B3 #38CCDA #6CD9E4 #9FE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#38CCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCDA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCDA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce5',
    500: '#38ccda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccda;
$custom-light: #88dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.185,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77613,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCDA

secondary

#DA9A94

accent

#4B3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCDA

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

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