#38CDC0#38CDC0

#38CDC0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDC0
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 192)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -40.99, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 41.26, 186.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1217 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.122 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9721, 48.3052, 57.4450)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDC0 #CD3845

analogous

#38CD75 #38CDC0 #388FCD

triadic

#38CDC0 #C038CD #CDC038

tetradic

#38CDC0 #7538CD #CD3845 #8FCD38

square

#38CDC0 #7538CD #CD3845 #8FCD38

split-complementary

#38CDC0 #CD388F #CD7538

monochromatic

#1C6F68 #28A095 #38CDC0 #69D9CF #9AE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#38CDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDC0

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDC0	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddd3',
    500: '#38cdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdc0;
$custom-light: #85ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.765,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDC0

secondary

#D18F95

accent

#4553E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDC0

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

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