#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
RGBrgb(56, 218, 178)
HSLhsl(165, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(165, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.57, -50.18, 8.00)
CIE-LCHlch(78.57, 50.81, 170.94°)
OKLaboklab(79.75% -0.1408 0.0203)
OKLCHoklch(79.75% 0.142 171.8)
XYZxyz(34.7339, 54.1937, 50.7407)
Luminance0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38DAB21.001.7711.8411.84
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8421.001.001.00
##00000011.8421.001.001.00

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

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#38DAB2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva