#38CDC2#38CDC2

#38CDC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDC2
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -40.44, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 40.84, 187.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1208 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.122 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1952, 48.3945, 58.6200)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDC2 #CD3843

analogous

#38CD77 #38CDC2 #388ECD

triadic

#38CDC2 #C238CD #CDC238

tetradic

#38CDC2 #7738CD #CD3843 #8ECD38

square

#38CDC2 #7738CD #CD3843 #8ECD38

split-complementary

#38CDC2 #CD388E #CD7738

monochromatic

#1C6F69 #28A097 #38CDC2 #69D9D1 #9AE6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#38CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#38CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDC2

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDC2	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ddd4',
    500: '#38cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdc2;
$custom-light: #85ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.57,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77022,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDC2

secondary

#D18F94

accent

#4550E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDC2

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

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