#38DABB#38DABB

#38DABB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DABB
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 187)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 14.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -47.94, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 48.07, 175.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1367 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.137 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6674, 54.5671, 55.6568)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DABB #DA3857

analogous

#38DA6A #38DABB #38A8DA

triadic

#38DABB #BB38DA #DABB38

tetradic

#38DABB #6A38DA #DA3857 #A8DA38

square

#38DABB #6A38DA #DA3857 #A8DA38

split-complementary

#38DABB #DA38A8 #DA6A38

monochromatic

#18806C #21B397 #38DABB #6CE4CD #9FEDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#38DABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#38DABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DABB

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DABB	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)

#D2CCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6cf',
    500: '#38dabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dabb;
$custom-light: #87e6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.519,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79994,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DABB

secondary

#872F40

accent

#3C5EEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DABB

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

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