#38CEDD#38CEDD

#38CEDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.122 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEDD
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -33.13, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 37.98, 209.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1102 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.122 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7476, 50.1994, 76.1453)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEDD #DD4738

analogous

#38DD9A #38CEDD #387BDD

triadic

#38CEDD #DD38CE #CEDD38

tetradic

#38CEDD #9A38DD #DD4738 #7BDD38

square

#38CEDD #9A38DD #DD4738 #7BDD38

split-complementary

#38CEDD #DD387B #DD9A38

monochromatic

#177A84 #1FAAB8 #38CEDD #6CDBE6 #A1E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#38CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#38CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEDD

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEDD	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.122 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dde7',
    500: '#38cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cedd;
$custom-light: #88dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEDD

secondary

#8B372F

accent

#4B3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEDD

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

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