#38CED3#38CED3

#38CED3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CED3
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -36.08, -13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 38.58, 200.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1144 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4547, 49.6822, 69.3364)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CED3 #D33D38

analogous

#38D38A #38CED3 #3881D3

triadic

#38CED3 #D338CE #CED338

tetradic

#38CED3 #8A38D3 #D33D38 #81D338

square

#38CED3 #8A38D3 #D33D38 #81D338

split-complementary

#38CED3 #D33881 #D38A38

monochromatic

#1A7376 #25A4A9 #38CED3 #6ADADE #9CE7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#38CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CED3

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CED3	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)

#BFC4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dde0',
    500: '#38ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ced3;
$custom-light: #87dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77839,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CED3

secondary

#D59492

accent

#4641E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CED3

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

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