#38DBBF#38DBBF

#38DBBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBBF
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 191)
HSL	hsl(170, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 12.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -47.34, 1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 47.38, 177.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1358 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.136 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3616, 55.2610, 58.0302)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBBF #DB3854

analogous

#38DB6E #38DBBF #38A6DB

triadic

#38DBBF #BF38DB #DBBF38

tetradic

#38DBBF #6E38DB #DB3854 #A6DB38

square

#38DBBF #6E38DB #DB3854 #A6DB38

split-complementary

#38DBBF #DB38A6 #DB6E38

monochromatic

#17816F #21B59C #38DBBF #6CE4D0 #A0EEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#38DBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBBF

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBBF	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CDBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7d2',
    500: '#38dbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbbf;
$custom-light: #87e7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.693,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBBF

secondary

#882F3E

accent

#3C5AEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBBF

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

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