#38CDBC#38CDBC

#38CDBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDBC
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -42.08, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 42.16, 183.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1235 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.124 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5349, 48.1303, 55.1426)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDBC #CD3849

analogous

#38CD71 #38CDBC #3893CD

triadic

#38CDBC #BC38CD #CDBC38

tetradic

#38CDBC #7138CD #CD3849 #93CD38

square

#38CDBC #7138CD #CD3849 #93CD38

split-complementary

#38CDBC #CD3893 #CD7138

monochromatic

#1C6F65 #28A092 #38CDBC #69D9CC #9AE6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#38CDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#38CDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDBC

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDBC	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddd0',
    500: '#38cdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdbc;
$custom-light: #85ddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.154,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDBC

secondary

#D18F97

accent

#4557E3

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDBC

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

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