#38DAB5#38DAB5

#38DAB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB5
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 181)
HSL	hsl(166, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 17%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -49.44, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 49.87, 172.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.1394 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.14 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0384, 54.3155, 52.3444)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB5 #DA385D

analogous

#38DA64 #38DAB5 #38AEDA

triadic

#38DAB5 #B538DA #DAB538

tetradic

#38DAB5 #6438DA #DA385D #AEDA38

square

#38DAB5 #6438DA #DA385D #AEDA38

split-complementary

#38DAB5 #DA38AE #DA6438

monochromatic

#188068 #21B392 #38DAB5 #6CE4C8 #9FEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#38DAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB5

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB5	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)

#D3CCB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBCB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6cb',
    500: '#38dab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab5;
$custom-light: #87e6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.296,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79826,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB5

secondary

#872F43

accent

#3C64EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB5

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

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