#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
RGBrgb(56, 218, 173)
HSLhsl(163, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(163, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 0%, 20.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.46, -51.38, 10.49)
CIE-LCHlch(78.46, 52.44, 168.46°)
OKLaboklab(79.61% -0.1431 0.0268)
OKLCHoklch(79.61% 0.146 169.4)
XYZxyz(34.2411, 53.9966, 48.1448)
Luminance0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##38DAAD1.001.7811.8011.80
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8021.001.001.00
##00000011.8021.001.001.00

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

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#38DAAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva