#38CDAD#38CDAD

#38CDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAD
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -45.99, 4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 46.25, 173.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1304 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.131 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0012, 47.5169, 47.0649)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAD #CD3858

analogous

#38CD62 #38CDAD #38A2CD

triadic

#38CDAD #AD38CD #CDAD38

tetradic

#38CDAD #6238CD #CD3858 #A2CD38

square

#38CDAD #6238CD #CD3858 #A2CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAD #CD38A2 #CD6238

monochromatic

#1C6F5D #28A086 #38CDAD #69D9C1 #9AE6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#38CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAD	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)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc5',
    500: '#38cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdad;
$custom-light: #84ddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.114,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76386,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAD

secondary

#D18F9E

accent

#4567E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAD

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

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