#38DBBE#38DBBE

#38DBBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBBE
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -47.59, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 47.66, 177.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1363 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.136 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2520, 55.2171, 57.4526)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBBE #DB3855

analogous

#38DB6D #38DBBE #38A7DB

triadic

#38DBBE #BE38DB #DBBE38

tetradic

#38DBBE #6D38DB #DB3855 #A7DB38

square

#38DBBE #6D38DB #DB3855 #A7DB38

split-complementary

#38DBBE #DB38A7 #DB6D38

monochromatic

#17816E #21B59B #38DBBE #6CE4CF #A0EEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#38DBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBBE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#D2CDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7d1',
    500: '#38dbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbbe;
$custom-light: #87e7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.325,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBBE

secondary

#882F3F

accent

#3C5BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBBE

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

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