#38DAB2#38DAB2

#38DAB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.142 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB2
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 178)
HSL	hsl(165, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -50.18, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 50.81, 170.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.1408 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.142 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7339, 54.1937, 50.7407)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB2 #DA3860

analogous

#38DA61 #38DAB2 #38B1DA

triadic

#38DAB2 #B238DA #DAB238

tetradic

#38DAB2 #6138DA #DA3860 #B1DA38

square

#38DAB2 #6138DA #DA3860 #B1DA38

split-complementary

#38DAB2 #DA38B1 #DA6138

monochromatic

#188066 #21B38F #38DAB2 #6CE4C6 #9FEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#38DAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB2

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB2	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.142 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c9',
    500: '#38dab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab2;
$custom-light: #86e6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.185,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB2

secondary

#872F45

accent

#3C68EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB2

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

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