#38DAB6#38DAB6

#38DAB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.140 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB6
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 182)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -49.19, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 49.56, 173.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1389 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.14 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1414, 54.3567, 52.8867)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB6 #DA385C

analogous

#38DA65 #38DAB6 #38ADDA

triadic

#38DAB6 #B638DA #DAB638

tetradic

#38DAB6 #6538DA #DA385C #ADDA38

square

#38DAB6 #6538DA #DA385C #ADDA38

split-complementary

#38DAB6 #DA38AD #DA6538

monochromatic

#188069 #21B393 #38DAB6 #6CE4C9 #9FEDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#38DAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB6

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB6	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.140 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6cb',
    500: '#38dab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab6;
$custom-light: #87e6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79854,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB6

secondary

#872F43

accent

#3C63EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB6

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

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