#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
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 184)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 15.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -48.69, 5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 48.95, 174.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.138 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.139 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3496, 54.4400, 53.9830)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38DAB8	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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