#38CDAF#38CDAF

#38CDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.130 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDAF
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 14.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -45.48, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 45.65, 175.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1294 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.13 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1962, 47.5948, 48.0917)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDAF #CD3856

analogous

#38CD64 #38CDAF #38A1CD

triadic

#38CDAF #AF38CD #CDAF38

tetradic

#38CDAF #6438CD #CD3856 #A1CD38

square

#38CDAF #6438CD #CD3856 #A1CD38

split-complementary

#38CDAF #CD38A1 #CD6438

monochromatic

#1C6F5E #28A088 #38CDAF #69D9C3 #9AE6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#38CDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#38CDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDAF

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDAF	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.130 175.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.919,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.1298,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDAF

secondary

#D18F9D

accent

#4565E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDAF

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