#38DBC0#38DBC0

#38DBC0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.135 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBC0
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 192)
HSL	hsl(170, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 12.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -47.08, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 47.10, 178.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1353 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.135 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4721, 55.3051, 58.6117)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBC0 #DB3853

analogous

#38DB6F #38DBC0 #38A5DB

triadic

#38DBC0 #C038DB #DBC038

tetradic

#38DBC0 #6F38DB #DB3853 #A5DB38

square

#38DBC0 #6F38DB #DB3853 #A5DB38

split-complementary

#38DBC0 #DB38A5 #DB6F38

monochromatic

#178170 #21B59C #38DBC0 #6CE4D0 #A0EEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#38DBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#38DBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBC0

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBC0	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CDBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.135 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7d3',
    500: '#38dbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbc0;
$custom-light: #87e7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.061,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBC0

secondary

#882F3E

accent

#3C59EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBC0

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

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