#38CEDA#38CEDA

#38CEDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEDA
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -34.02, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 38.08, 206.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1115 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.121 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3514, 50.0409, 74.0591)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEDA #DA4438

analogous

#38DA95 #38CEDA #387DDA

triadic

#38CEDA #DA38CE #CEDA38

tetradic

#38CEDA #9538DA #DA4438 #7DDA38

square

#38CEDA #9538DA #DA4438 #7DDA38

split-complementary

#38CEDA #DA387D #DA9538

monochromatic

#187880 #21A9B3 #38CEDA #6CDBE4 #9FE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#38CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#38CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEDA

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEDA	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dde5',
    500: '#38ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38ceda;
$custom-light: #88dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78091,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEDA

secondary

#87362F

accent

#493CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEDA

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

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