#38CDB9#38CDB9

#38CDB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CDB9
RGBrgb(56, 205, 185)
HSLhsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(172, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.83, -42.88, -1.18)
CIE-LCHlch(74.83, 42.90, 181.58°)
OKLaboklab(76.74% -0.1249 -0.0039)
OKLCHoklch(76.74% 0.125 181.8)
XYZxyz(32.2149, 48.0023, 53.4571)
Luminance0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CDB9 #CD384C
analogous
#38CD6E #38CDB9 #3896CD
triadic
#38CDB9 #B938CD #CDB938
tetradic
#38CDB9 #6E38CD #CD384C #96CD38
square
#38CDB9 #6E38CD #CD384C #96CD38
split-complementary
#38CDB9 #CD3896 #CD6E38
monochromatic
#1C6F64 #28A090 #38CDB9 #69D9CA #9AE6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#38CDB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#38CDB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDB9
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CDB9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CDB91.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4C1B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFB2BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 181.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddce',
    500: '#38cdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cdb9;
$custom-light: #85ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.946,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76739,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CDB9
secondary
#D18F98
accent
#455AE3
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38CDB9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva