#38CDD3#38CDD3

#38CDD3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDD3
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -35.61, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 38.31, 201.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.1134 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.12 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2148, 49.2023, 69.2564)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDD3 #D33E38

analogous

#38D38C #38CDD3 #387FD3

triadic

#38CDD3 #D338CD #CDD338

tetradic

#38CDD3 #8C38D3 #D33E38 #7FD338

square

#38CDD3 #8C38D3 #D33E38 #7FD338

split-complementary

#38CDD3 #D3387F #D38C38

monochromatic

#1A7376 #25A3A9 #38CDD3 #6ADADE #9CE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#38CDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDD3

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDD3	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dde0',
    500: '#38cdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdd3;
$custom-light: #87dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.323,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDD3

secondary

#D59492

accent

#4741E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDD3

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

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