#38DAAD#38DAAD

#38DAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.146 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAAD
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 173)
HSL	hsl(163, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 20.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -51.38, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 52.44, 168.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1431 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.146 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2411, 53.9966, 48.1448)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAAD #DA3865

analogous

#38DA5C #38DAAD #38B6DA

triadic

#38DAAD #AD38DA #DAAD38

tetradic

#38DAAD #5C38DA #DA3865 #B6DA38

square

#38DAAD #5C38DA #DA3865 #B6DA38

split-complementary

#38DAAD #DA38B6 #DA5C38

monochromatic

#188063 #21B38B #38DAAD #6CE4C2 #9FEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38DAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#38DAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAAD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAAD	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38daad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.146 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c5',
    500: '#38daad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38daad;
$custom-light: #86e6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38daad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79613,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAAD

secondary

#872F48

accent

#3C6DEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAAD

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

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