#38DAB7#38DAB7

#38DAB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DAB7
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 183)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 16.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -48.94, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 49.25, 173.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1385 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.139 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2451, 54.3982, 53.4329)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DAB7 #DA385B

analogous

#38DA66 #38DAB7 #38ACDA

triadic

#38DAB7 #B738DA #DAB738

tetradic

#38DAB7 #6638DA #DA385B #ACDA38

square

#38DAB7 #6638DA #DA385B #ACDA38

split-complementary

#38DAB7 #DA38AC #DA6638

monochromatic

#188069 #21B394 #38DAB7 #6CE4CA #9FEDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#38DAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB7

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DAB7	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CCB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6cc',
    500: '#38dab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dab7;
$custom-light: #87e6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.037,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79881,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DAB7

secondary

#872F42

accent

#3C62EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB7

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

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