#38CDDA#38CDDA

#38CDDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDDA
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -33.55, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 37.86, 207.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1105 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.121 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1115, 49.5610, 73.9791)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDDA #DA4538

analogous

#38DA96 #38CDDA #387CDA

triadic

#38CDDA #DA38CD #CDDA38

tetradic

#38CDDA #9638DA #DA4538 #7CDA38

square

#38CDDA #9638DA #DA4538 #7CDA38

split-complementary

#38CDDA #DA387C #DA9638

monochromatic

#187780 #21A8B3 #38CDDA #6CDAE4 #9FE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38CDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#38CDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDDA

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDDA	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce5',
    500: '#38cdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cdda;
$custom-light: #88dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.815,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77852,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDDA

secondary

#DA9A94

accent

#4A3CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDDA

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

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