#38CDBA#38CDBA

#38CDBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.125 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDBA
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -42.61, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 42.65, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1244 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.125 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3208, 48.0447, 54.0150)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDBA #CD384B

analogous

#38CD6F #38CDBA #3895CD

triadic

#38CDBA #BA38CD #CDBA38

tetradic

#38CDBA #6F38CD #CD384B #95CD38

square

#38CDBA #6F38CD #CD384B #95CD38

split-complementary

#38CDBA #CD3895 #CD6F38

monochromatic

#1C6F64 #28A090 #38CDBA #69D9CB #9AE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#38CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDBA

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDBA	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.125 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddce',
    500: '#38cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdba;
$custom-light: #85ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.349,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76769,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDBA

secondary

#D18F98

accent

#4559E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDBA

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

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