#38DBBC#38DBBC

#38DBBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBBC
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -48.10, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 48.23, 175.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.1372 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.137 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0349, 55.1303, 56.3092)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBBC #DB3857

analogous

#38DB6B #38DBBC #38A9DB

triadic

#38DBBC #BC38DB #DBBC38

tetradic

#38DBBC #6B38DB #DB3857 #A9DB38

square

#38DBBC #6B38DB #DB3857 #A9DB38

split-complementary

#38DBBC #DB38A9 #DB6B38

monochromatic

#17816D #21B599 #38DBBC #6CE4CD #A0EEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#38DBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBBC

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBBC	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7d0',
    500: '#38dbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbbc;
$custom-light: #87e7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.589,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBBC

secondary

#882F40

accent

#3C5DEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBBC

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

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