#38CDCF#38CDCF

#38CDCF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDCF
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -36.78, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 38.73, 198.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.1152 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.12 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7196, 49.0042, 66.6483)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDCF #CF3A38

analogous

#38CF86 #38CDCF #3882CF

triadic

#38CDCF #CF38CD #CDCF38

tetradic

#38CDCF #8638CF #CF3A38 #82CF38

square

#38CDCF #8638CF #CF3A38 #82CF38

split-complementary

#38CDCF #CF3882 #CF8638

monochromatic

#1B7071 #27A1A3 #38CDCF #69D9DB #9BE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#38CDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDCF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDCF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dddd',
    500: '#38cdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdcf;
$custom-light: #87dddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.795,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77458,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDCF

secondary

#D39190

accent

#4644E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDCF

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

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