#38DAB1#38DAB1

#38DAB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.143 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38DAB1
RGBrgb(56, 218, 177)
HSLhsl(165, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(165, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.55, -50.42, 8.50)
CIE-LCHlch(78.55, 51.13, 170.43°)
OKLaboklab(79.72% -0.1412 0.0216)
OKLCHoklch(79.72% 0.143 171.3)
XYZxyz(34.6339, 54.1537, 50.2138)
Luminance0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38DAB1 #DA3861
analogous
#38DA60 #38DAB1 #38B2DA
triadic
#38DAB1 #B138DA #DAB138
tetradic
#38DAB1 #6038DA #DA3861 #B2DA38
square
#38DAB1 #6038DA #DA3861 #B2DA38
split-complementary
#38DAB1 #DA38B2 #DA6038
monochromatic
#188065 #21B38E #38DAB1 #6CE4C5 #9FEDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#38DAB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83
#38DAB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB1
11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38DAB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38DAB11.001.7711.8311.83
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8321.001.001.00
##00000011.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3CBAF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEBCB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38dab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.143 171.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c8',
    500: '#38dab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38dab1;
$custom-light: #86e6c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38dab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.815,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79718,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38DAB1
secondary
#872F45
accent
#3C69EB
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB1

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#38DAB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva