#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
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 177)
HSL	hsl(165, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -50.42, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 51.13, 170.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.1412 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.143 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6339, 54.1537, 50.2138)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##38DAB1	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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