#38CDCA#38CDCA

#38CDCA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDCA
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -38.21, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 39.41, 194.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1173 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.12 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1180, 48.7636, 63.4798)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDCA #CD383B

analogous

#38CD7F #38CDCA #3885CD

triadic

#38CDCA #CA38CD #CDCA38

tetradic

#38CDCA #7F38CD #CD383B #85CD38

square

#38CDCA #7F38CD #CD383B #85CD38

split-complementary

#38CDCA #CD3885 #CD7F38

monochromatic

#1C6F6D #28A09D #38CDCA #69D9D7 #9AE6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#38CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#38CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDCA

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDCA	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ddda',
    500: '#38cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdca;
$custom-light: #86ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.792,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77286,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDCA

secondary

#D18F91

accent

#4548E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDCA

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

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