#38DAB3#38DAB3

#38DAB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB3
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 179)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 17.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -49.93, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 50.49, 171.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1403 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.142 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8347, 54.2340, 51.2714)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB3 #DA385F

analogous

#38DA62 #38DAB3 #38B0DA

triadic

#38DAB3 #B338DA #DAB338

tetradic

#38DAB3 #6238DA #DA385F #B0DA38

square

#38DAB3 #6238DA #DA385F #B0DA38

split-complementary

#38DAB3 #DA38B0 #DA6238

monochromatic

#188067 #21B390 #38DAB3 #6CE4C7 #9FEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#38DAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB3

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB3	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e6c9',
    500: '#38dab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab3;
$custom-light: #86e6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.556,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB3

secondary

#872F44

accent

#3C66EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB3

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

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