#38DAB0#38DAB0

#38DAB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB0
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 176)
HSL	hsl(164, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 19.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -50.66, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 51.46, 169.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1417 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.144 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5346, 54.1140, 49.6908)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB0 #DA3862

analogous

#38DA5F #38DAB0 #38B3DA

triadic

#38DAB0 #B038DA #DAB038

tetradic

#38DAB0 #5F38DA #DA3862 #B3DA38

square

#38DAB0 #5F38DA #DA3862 #B3DA38

split-complementary

#38DAB0 #DA38B3 #DA5F38

monochromatic

#188065 #21B38E #38DAB0 #6CE4C4 #9FEDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#38DAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#38DAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB0

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB0	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)

#D4CBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c7',
    500: '#38dab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab0;
$custom-light: #86e6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB0

secondary

#872F46

accent

#3C6AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB0

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

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