#38DBBA#38DBBA

#38DBBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBBA
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 15.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -48.61, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 48.81, 174.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1381 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.139 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8208, 55.0446, 55.1816)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBBA #DB3859

analogous

#38DB69 #38DBBA #38ABDB

triadic

#38DBBA #BA38DB #DBBA38

tetradic

#38DBBA #6938DB #DB3859 #ABDB38

square

#38DBBA #6938DB #DB3859 #ABDB38

split-complementary

#38DBBA #DB38AB #DB6938

monochromatic

#17816C #21B597 #38DBBA #6CE4CC #A0EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#38DBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBBA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBBA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7ce',
    500: '#38dbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbba;
$custom-light: #87e7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.853,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80211,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBBA

secondary

#882F41

accent

#3C5FEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBBA

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

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