#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
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -42.88, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 42.90, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1249 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.125 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2149, 48.0023, 53.4571)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38CDB9	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38CDB9

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

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