#38DABC#38DABC

#38DABC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DABC
RGB	rgb(56, 218, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -47.68, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 47.78, 176.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1362 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.136 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7748, 54.6101, 56.2225)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DABC #DA3856

analogous

#38DA6B #38DABC #38A7DA

triadic

#38DABC #BC38DA #DABC38

tetradic

#38DABC #6B38DA #DA3856 #A7DA38

square

#38DABC #6B38DA #DA3856 #A7DA38

split-complementary

#38DABC #DA38A7 #DA6B38

monochromatic

#18806D #21B398 #38DABC #6CE4CD #9FEDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#38DABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#38DABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DABC

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DABC	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 218, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e6d0',
    500: '#38dabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dabc;
$custom-light: #87e6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80023,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DABC

secondary

#872F40

accent

#3C5DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DABC

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

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