#38D6BA#38D6BA

#38D6BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38D6BA
RGB	rgb(56, 214, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 13.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -46.50, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 46.56, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.1332 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.133 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5359, 52.4749, 54.7534)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38D6BA #D63854

analogous

#38D66B #38D6BA #38A3D6

triadic

#38D6BA #BA38D6 #D6BA38

tetradic

#38D6BA #6B38D6 #D63854 #A3D638

square

#38D6BA #6B38D6 #D63854 #A3D638

split-complementary

#38D6BA #D638A3 #D66B38

monochromatic

#197A69 #24AD95 #38D6BA #6BE0CC #9DEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#38D6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#38D6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38D6BA

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38D6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38D6BA	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38d6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 214, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e3ce',
    500: '#38d6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38d6ba;
$custom-light: #86e3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38d6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.367,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38D6BA

secondary

#82303F

accent

#3F5DE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38D6BA

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

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