#38CED0#38CED0

#38CED0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.121 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CED0
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -36.95, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 38.91, 198.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1157 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.121 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0822, 49.5332, 67.3742)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CED0 #D03A38

analogous

#38D086 #38CED0 #3882D0

triadic

#38CED0 #D038CE #CED038

tetradic

#38CED0 #8638D0 #D03A38 #82D038

square

#38CED0 #8638D0 #D03A38 #82D038

split-complementary

#38CED0 #D03882 #D08638

monochromatic

#1B7173 #27A2A4 #38CED0 #6ADADC #9BE6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#38CED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#38CED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CED0

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CED0	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#C0C4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.121 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddde',
    500: '#38ced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ced0;
$custom-light: #87ddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77734,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CED0

secondary

#D39191

accent

#4543E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CED0

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

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