#38CDDF#38CDDF

#38CDDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.122 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38CDDF
RGBrgb(56, 205, 223)
HSLhsl(186, 72%, 55%)
HSVhsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(74.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.96, -32.05, -20.00)
CIE-LCHlch(75.96, 37.77, 211.96°)
OKLaboklab(78.04% -0.1085 -0.0556)
OKLCHoklch(78.04% 0.122 207.2)
XYZxyz(36.7756, 49.8266, 77.4770)
Luminance0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38CDDF #DF4A38
analogous
#38DF9D #38CDDF #387ADF
triadic
#38CDDF #DF38CD #CDDF38
tetradic
#38CDDF #9D38DF #DF4A38 #7ADF38
square
#38CDDF #9D38DF #DF4A38 #7ADF38
split-complementary
#38CDDF #DF387A #DF9D38
monochromatic
#167B87 #1EABBC #38CDDF #6DDAE7 #A1E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#38CDDF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97
#38CDDF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CDDF
10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38CDDF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38CDDF1.001.9110.9710.97
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9721.001.001.00
##00000010.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBC5E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4B4DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38cddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 205, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.122 207.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dce9',
    500: '#38cddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38cddf;
$custom-light: #88dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38cddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.467,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78038,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38CDDF
secondary
#DD9E96
accent
#4C39EF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FBFC
border
#CCD4D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CDDF

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#38CDDF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva