#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
RGB	rgb(56, 205, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -32.05, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 37.77, 211.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1085 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.122 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7756, 49.8266, 77.4770)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38CDDF	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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