#38CDC1#38CDC1

#38CDC1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDC1
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 193)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 5.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -40.72, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 41.05, 187.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1213 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.122 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0833, 48.3497, 58.0306)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDC1 #CD3844

analogous

#38CD76 #38CDC1 #388ECD

triadic

#38CDC1 #C138CD #CDC138

tetradic

#38CDC1 #7638CD #CD3844 #8ECD38

square

#38CDC1 #7638CD #CD3844 #8ECD38

split-complementary

#38CDC1 #CD388E #CD7638

monochromatic

#1C6F68 #28A096 #38CDC1 #69D9D0 #9AE6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CDC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#38CDC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDC1

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDC1	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddd3',
    500: '#38cdc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdc1;
$custom-light: #85ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.168,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDC1

secondary

#D18F95

accent

#4552E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDC1

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

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