#38CFCD#38CFCD

#38CFCD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFCD
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -38.27, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 39.62, 195.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.118 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.121 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9581, 49.8700, 65.5292)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFCD #CF383A

analogous

#38CF82 #38CFCD #3886CF

triadic

#38CFCD #CD38CF #CFCD38

tetradic

#38CFCD #8238CF #CF383A #86CF38

square

#38CFCD #8238CF #CF383A #86CF38

split-complementary

#38CFCD #CF3886 #CF8238

monochromatic

#1B7170 #27A3A1 #38CFCD #69DBD9 #9BE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#38CFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#38CFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFCD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFCD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dedc',
    500: '#38cfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfcd;
$custom-light: #87dedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.205,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFCD

secondary

#D39091

accent

#4446E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFCD

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

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