#38CED4#38CED4

#38CED4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CED4
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -35.79, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 38.49, 201.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.114 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.121 199)
XYZ	xyz(35.5805, 49.7325, 69.9987)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CED4 #D43E38

analogous

#38D48C #38CED4 #3880D4

triadic

#38CED4 #D438CE #CED438

tetradic

#38CED4 #8C38D4 #D43E38 #80D438

square

#38CED4 #8C38D4 #D43E38 #80D438

split-complementary

#38CED4 #D43880 #D48C38

monochromatic

#1A7478 #25A5AA #38CED4 #6ADADF #9DE7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#38CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#38CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CED4

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CED4	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dde1',
    500: '#38ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ced4;
$custom-light: #87dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77874,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.49737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CED4

secondary

#D69592

accent

#4740E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CED4

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

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