#38CDAC#38CDAC

#38CDAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAC
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -46.24, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 46.55, 173.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1308 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.132 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9048, 47.4783, 46.5572)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAC #CD3859

analogous

#38CD61 #38CDAC #38A3CD

triadic

#38CDAC #AC38CD #CDAC38

tetradic

#38CDAC #6138CD #CD3859 #A3CD38

square

#38CDAC #6138CD #CD3859 #A3CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAC #CD38A3 #CD6138

monochromatic

#1C6F5C #28A085 #38CDAC #69D9C0 #9AE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#38CDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 174.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.711,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76358,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAC

secondary

#D18F9E

accent

#4568E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAC

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

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