#38CDBB#38CDBB

#38CDBB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDBB
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 8.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -42.35, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 42.40, 182.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.124 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.124 183)
XYZ	xyz(32.4275, 48.0874, 54.5768)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDBB #CD384A

analogous

#38CD70 #38CDBB #3894CD

triadic

#38CDBB #BB38CD #CDBB38

tetradic

#38CDBB #7038CD #CD384A #94CD38

square

#38CDBB #7038CD #CD384A #94CD38

split-complementary

#38CDBB #CD3894 #CD7038

monochromatic

#1C6F65 #28A091 #38CDBB #69D9CC #9AE6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#38CDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDBB

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDBB	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddcf',
    500: '#38cdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdbb;
$custom-light: #85ddcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.752,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.48091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDBB

secondary

#D18F97

accent

#4558E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDBB

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

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