#38DAB4#38DAB4

#38DAB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB4
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -49.69, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 50.18, 171.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.1399 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.141 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9362, 54.2746, 51.8060)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB4 #DA385E

analogous

#38DA63 #38DAB4 #38AFDA

triadic

#38DAB4 #B438DA #DAB438

tetradic

#38DAB4 #6338DA #DA385E #AFDA38

square

#38DAB4 #6338DA #DA385E #AFDA38

split-complementary

#38DAB4 #DA38AF #DA6338

monochromatic

#188067 #21B391 #38DAB4 #6CE4C7 #9FEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#38DAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB4

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB4	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6ca',
    500: '#38dab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab4;
$custom-light: #87e6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.926,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB4

secondary

#872F44

accent

#3C65EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB4

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

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