#38CEDF#38CEDF

#38CEDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.122 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CEDF
RGB	rgb(56, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -32.53, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 37.95, 211.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.1094 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.122 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0156, 50.3066, 77.5570)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CEDF #DF4938

analogous

#38DF9D #38CEDF #387ADF

triadic

#38CEDF #DF38CE #CEDF38

tetradic

#38CEDF #9D38DF #DF4938 #7ADF38

square

#38CEDF #9D38DF #DF4938 #7ADF38

split-complementary

#38CEDF #DF387A #DF9D38

monochromatic

#167B87 #1EACBC #38CEDF #6DDBE7 #A1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#38CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#38CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CEDF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CEDF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.122 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dde9',
    500: '#38cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cedf;
$custom-light: #88dde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.108,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CEDF

secondary

#8D382E

accent

#4B39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CEDF

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

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