#38DAB8#38DAB8

#38DAB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38DAB8
RGBrgb(56, 218, 184)
HSLhsl(167, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(74.3%, 0%, 15.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.72, -48.69, 5.01)
CIE-LCHlch(78.72, 48.95, 174.12°)
OKLaboklab(79.91% -0.138 0.0125)
OKLCHoklch(79.91% 0.139 174.8)
XYZxyz(35.3496, 54.4400, 53.9830)
Luminance0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38DAB8 #DA385A
analogous
#38DA67 #38DAB8 #38ABDA
triadic
#38DAB8 #B838DA #DAB838
tetradic
#38DAB8 #6738DA #DA385A #ABDA38
square
#38DAB8 #6738DA #DA385A #ABDA38
split-complementary
#38DAB8 #DA38AB #DA6738
monochromatic
#18806A #21B395 #38DAB8 #6CE4CA #9FEDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#38DAB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89
#38DAB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DAB8
11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38DAB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38DAB81.001.7711.8911.89
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8921.001.001.00
##00000011.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2CCB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBCBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38dab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 174.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6cd',
    500: '#38dab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38dab8;
$custom-light: #87e6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38dab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.407,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38DAB8
secondary
#872F42
accent
#3C61EB
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFA
border
#CED5D3
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DAB8

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#38DAB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva