#38CDDD#38CDDD

#38CDDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.121 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CDDD
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -32.65, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 37.79, 210.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1093 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.121 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5076, 49.7194, 76.0653)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CDDD #DD4838

analogous

#38DD9B #38CDDD #387BDD

triadic

#38CDDD #DD38CD #CDDD38

tetradic

#38CDDD #9B38DD #DD4838 #7BDD38

square

#38CDDD #9B38DD #DD4838 #7BDD38

split-complementary

#38CDDD #DD387B #DD9B38

monochromatic

#177984 #1FA9B8 #38CDDD #6CDAE6 #A1E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#38CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDDD

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CDDD	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.121 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce7',
    500: '#38cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cddd;
$custom-light: #88dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77963,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CDDD

secondary

#DB9C95

accent

#4C3AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FBFC

border

#CBD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDDD

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

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