#38CDD1#38CDD1

#38CDD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDD1
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -36.20, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 38.50, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.1143 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.12 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9656, 49.1026, 67.9442)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDD1 #D13C38

analogous

#38D189 #38CDD1 #3880D1

triadic

#38CDD1 #D138CD #CDD138

tetradic

#38CDD1 #8938D1 #D13C38 #80D138

square

#38CDD1 #8938D1 #D13C38 #80D138

split-complementary

#38CDD1 #D13880 #D18938

monochromatic

#1B7174 #26A2A6 #38CDD1 #6AD9DC #9BE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CDD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#38CDD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDD1

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDD1	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dddf',
    500: '#38cdd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdd1;
$custom-light: #87dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.569,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77528,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDD1

secondary

#D49391

accent

#4742E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDD1

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

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