#38CFDF#38CFDF

#38CFDF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38CFDF
RGB	rgb(56, 207, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -33.00, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 38.13, 210.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.1104 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.122 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2571, 50.7896, 77.6375)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38CFDF #DF4838

analogous

#38DF9C #38CFDF #387BDF

triadic

#38CFDF #DF38CF #CFDF38

tetradic

#38CFDF #9C38DF #DF4838 #7BDF38

square

#38CFDF #9C38DF #DF4838 #7BDF38

split-complementary

#38CFDF #DF387B #DF9C38

monochromatic

#167C87 #1EADBC #38CFDF #6DDCE7 #A1E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#38CFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#38CFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38CFDF

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38CFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38CFDF	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38cfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 207, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dee9',
    500: '#38cfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38cfdf;
$custom-light: #88dee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38cfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.749,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38CFDF

secondary

#8D372E

accent

#4A39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38CFDF

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

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