#38CDBD#38CDBD

#38CDBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDBD
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -41.81, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 41.93, 184.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1231 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.123 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6431, 48.1736, 55.7123)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDBD #CD3848

analogous

#38CD72 #38CDBD #3892CD

triadic

#38CDBD #BD38CD #CDBD38

tetradic

#38CDBD #7238CD #CD3848 #92CD38

square

#38CDBD #7238CD #CD3848 #92CD38

split-complementary

#38CDBD #CD3892 #CD7238

monochromatic

#1C6F66 #28A093 #38CDBD #69D9CD #9AE6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#38CDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDBD

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDBD	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 184.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.557,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDBD

secondary

#D18F97

accent

#4556E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDBD

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

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