#38CDD0#38CDD0

#38CDD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDD0
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -36.49, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 38.61, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1147 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.12 197)
XYZ	xyz(34.8422, 49.0533, 67.2942)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDD0 #D03B38

analogous

#38D087 #38CDD0 #3881D0

triadic

#38CDD0 #D038CD #CDD038

tetradic

#38CDD0 #8738D0 #D03B38 #81D038

square

#38CDD0 #8738D0 #D03B38 #81D038

split-complementary

#38CDD0 #D03881 #D08738

monochromatic

#1B7173 #27A2A4 #38CDD0 #6AD9DC #9BE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#38CDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDD0

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDD0	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddde',
    500: '#38cdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdd0;
$custom-light: #87ddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.184,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77492,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.49057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDD0

secondary

#D39291

accent

#4643E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDD0

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

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