#38CDBF#38CDBF

#38CDBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDBF
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -41.27, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 41.48, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1222 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.123 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8617, 48.2611, 56.8635)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDBF #CD3846

analogous

#38CD74 #38CDBF #3890CD

triadic

#38CDBF #BF38CD #CDBF38

tetradic

#38CDBF #7438CD #CD3846 #90CD38

square

#38CDBF #7438CD #CD3846 #90CD38

split-complementary

#38CDBF #CD3890 #CD7438

monochromatic

#1C6F67 #28A094 #38CDBF #69D9CF #9AE6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#38CDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDBF

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDBF	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddd2',
    500: '#38cdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdbf;
$custom-light: #85ddd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.362,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76926,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDBF

secondary

#D18F96

accent

#4554E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDBF

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

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