#38CCDF#38CCDF

#38CCDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.122 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CCDF
RGB	rgb(56, 204, 223)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -31.57, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 37.61, 212.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1075 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.122 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5372, 49.3498, 77.3975)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CCDF #DF4B38

analogous

#38DF9E #38CCDF #3879DF

triadic

#38CCDF #DF38CC #CCDF38

tetradic

#38CCDF #9E38DF #DF4B38 #79DF38

square

#38CCDF #9E38DF #DF4B38 #79DF38

split-complementary

#38CCDF #DF3879 #DF9E38

monochromatic

#167A87 #1EAABC #38CCDF #6DDAE7 #A1E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#38CCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#38CCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CCDF

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CCDF	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ccdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 204, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.122 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce9',
    500: '#38ccdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ccdf;
$custom-light: #88dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ccdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.826,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CCDF

secondary

#DD9E96

accent

#4E39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CCDF

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

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