#38CDAE#38CDAE

#38CDAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAE
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -45.74, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 45.94, 174.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1299 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.13 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0983, 47.5557, 47.5764)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAE #CD3857

analogous

#38CD63 #38CDAE #38A1CD

triadic

#38CDAE #AE38CD #CDAE38

tetradic

#38CDAE #6338CD #CD3857 #A1CD38

square

#38CDAE #6338CD #CD3857 #A1CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAE #CD38A1 #CD6338

monochromatic

#1C6F5E #28A087 #38CDAE #69D9C2 #9AE6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#38CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ddc6',
    500: '#38cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdae;
$custom-light: #84ddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.517,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76414,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAE

secondary

#D18F9D

accent

#4566E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAE

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

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