#38CCDD#38CCDD

#38CCDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.121 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCDD
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -32.17, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 37.60, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.1083 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.121 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2692, 49.2425, 75.9858)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCDD #DD4938

analogous

#38DD9C #38CCDD #387ADD

triadic

#38CCDD #DD38CC #CCDD38

tetradic

#38CCDD #9C38DD #DD4938 #7ADD38

square

#38CCDD #9C38DD #DD4938 #7ADD38

split-complementary

#38CCDD #DD387A #DD9C38

monochromatic

#177984 #1FA9B8 #38CCDD #6CD9E6 #A1E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#38CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCDD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCDD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.121 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce7',
    500: '#38ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccdd;
$custom-light: #88dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77725,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCDD

secondary

#DB9D95

accent

#4D3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCDD

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

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