#38CDD4#38CDD4

#38CDD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDD4
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -35.32, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 38.22, 202.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.113 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.12 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3405, 49.2526, 69.9187)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDD4 #D43F38

analogous

#38D48D #38CDD4 #387FD4

triadic

#38CDD4 #D438CD #CDD438

tetradic

#38CDD4 #8D38D4 #D43F38 #7FD438

square

#38CDD4 #8D38D4 #D43F38 #7FD438

split-complementary

#38CDD4 #D4387F #D48D38

monochromatic

#1A7478 #25A4AA #38CDD4 #6ADADF #9DE6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#38CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#38CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDD4

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDD4	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dce1',
    500: '#38cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdd4;
$custom-light: #87dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.692,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77634,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDD4

secondary

#D69592

accent

#4840E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDD4

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

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