#38DABA#38DABA

#38DABA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DABA
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 14.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -48.19, 4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 48.36, 175.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.1371 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.137 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5607, 54.5244, 55.0949)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DABA #DA3858

analogous

#38DA69 #38DABA #38A9DA

triadic

#38DABA #BA38DA #DABA38

tetradic

#38DABA #6938DA #DA3858 #A9DA38

square

#38DABA #6938DA #DA3858 #A9DA38

split-complementary

#38DABA #DA38A9 #DA6938

monochromatic

#18806B #21B397 #38DABA #6CE4CC #9FEDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#38DABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#38DABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DABA

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DABA	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CCB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBCBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38daba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6ce',
    500: '#38daba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38daba;
$custom-light: #87e6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38daba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.148,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79966,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DABA

secondary

#872F41

accent

#3C5FEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DABA

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

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