#38CDB7#38CDB7

#38CDB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDB7
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 183)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -43.41, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 43.41, 180.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1258 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.126 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0053, 47.9185, 52.3530)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDB7 #CD384E

analogous

#38CD6C #38CDB7 #3898CD

triadic

#38CDB7 #B738CD #CDB738

tetradic

#38CDB7 #6C38CD #CD384E #98CD38

square

#38CDB7 #6C38CD #CD384E #98CD38

split-complementary

#38CDB7 #CD3898 #CD6C38

monochromatic

#1C6F63 #28A08E #38CDB7 #69D9C9 #9AE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#38CDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDB7

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDB7	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddcc',
    500: '#38cdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdb7;
$custom-light: #85ddcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.141,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDB7

secondary

#D18F99

accent

#455CE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDB7

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

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