#38CDAB#38CDAB

#38CDAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAB
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 16.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -46.49, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 46.86, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.1313 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.132 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8091, 47.4400, 46.0533)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAB #CD385A

analogous

#38CD60 #38CDAB #38A4CD

triadic

#38CDAB #AB38CD #CDAB38

tetradic

#38CDAB #6038CD #CD385A #A4CD38

square

#38CDAB #6038CD #CD385A #A4CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAB #CD38A4 #CD6038

monochromatic

#1C6F5C #28A084 #38CDAB #69D9C0 #9AE6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#38CDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAB

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAB	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc4',
    500: '#38cdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdab;
$custom-light: #84ddc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.309,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7633,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAB

secondary

#D18F9F

accent

#4569E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAB

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

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