#38CDB8#38CDB8

#38CDB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDB8
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 184)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -43.15, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 43.15, 180.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1253 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.125 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1097, 47.9603, 52.9031)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDB8 #CD384D

analogous

#38CD6D #38CDB8 #3897CD

triadic

#38CDB8 #B838CD #CDB838

tetradic

#38CDB8 #6D38CD #CD384D #97CD38

square

#38CDB8 #6D38CD #CD384D #97CD38

split-complementary

#38CDB8 #CD3897 #CD6D38

monochromatic

#1C6F63 #28A08F #38CDB8 #69D9C9 #9AE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#38CDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDB8

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDB8	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddcd',
    500: '#38cdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdb8;
$custom-light: #85ddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.544,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76708,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDB8

secondary

#D18F99

accent

#455BE3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDB8

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

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