#38DBBD#38DBBD

#38DBBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBBD
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -47.85, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 47.94, 176.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1367 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.137 177)
XYZ	xyz(36.1431, 55.1735, 56.8789)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBBD #DB3856

analogous

#38DB6C #38DBBD #38A8DB

triadic

#38DBBD #BD38DB #DBBD38

tetradic

#38DBBD #6C38DB #DB3856 #A8DB38

square

#38DBBD #6C38DB #DB3856 #A8DB38

split-complementary

#38DBBD #DB38A8 #DB6C38

monochromatic

#17816E #21B59A #38DBBD #6CE4CE #A0EEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#38DBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBBD

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBBD	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 177.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.957,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80296,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.55178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBBD

secondary

#882F3F

accent

#3C5CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBBD

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

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