#38DCDC#38DCDC

#38DCDC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DCDC
RGB	rgb(56, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -39.91, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 41.64, 196.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.124 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.128 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1364, 57.1895, 76.6196)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DCDC #DC3838

analogous

#38DC8A #38DCDC #388ADC

triadic

#38DCDC #DC38DC #DCDC38

tetradic

#38DCDC #8A38DC #DC3838 #8ADC38

square

#38DCDC #8A38DC #DC3838 #8ADC38

split-complementary

#38DCDC #DC388A #DC8A38

monochromatic

#178383 #20B7B7 #38DCDC #6CE5E5 #A0EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#38DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#38DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DCDC

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DCDC	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7e6',
    500: '#38dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dcdc;
$custom-light: #8ae7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81511,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DCDC

secondary

#892F2F

accent

#3B3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DCDC

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

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