#38DAAF#38DAAF

#38DAAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAAF
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 19.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -50.90, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 51.78, 169.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1422 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.144 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4360, 54.0746, 49.1717)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAAF #DA3863

analogous

#38DA5E #38DAAF #38B4DA

triadic

#38DAAF #AF38DA #DAAF38

tetradic

#38DAAF #5E38DA #DA3863 #B4DA38

square

#38DAAF #5E38DA #DA3863 #B4DA38

split-complementary

#38DAAF #DA38B4 #DA5E38

monochromatic

#188064 #21B38D #38DAAF #6CE4C4 #9FEDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38DAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#38DAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAAF

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAAF	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38daaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c6',
    500: '#38daaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38daaf;
$custom-light: #86e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38daaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.074,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79665,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAAF

secondary

#872F47

accent

#3C6BEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAAF

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

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