#38DEB2#38DEB2

#38DEB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.147 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DEB2
RGB	rgb(56, 222, 178)
HSL	hsl(164, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 19.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -51.81, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 52.71, 169.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.1446 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.147 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7837, 56.2933, 51.0906)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DEB2 #DE3864

analogous

#38DE5F #38DEB2 #38B7DE

triadic

#38DEB2 #B238DE #DEB238

tetradic

#38DEB2 #5F38DE #DE3864 #B7DE38

square

#38DEB2 #5F38DE #DE3864 #B7DE38

split-complementary

#38DEB2 #DE38B7 #DE5F38

monochromatic

#168568 #1FBA91 #38DEB2 #6CE7C6 #A1EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#38DEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#38DEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DEB2

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DEB2	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38deb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 222, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.147 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e9c9',
    500: '#38deb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38deb2;
$custom-light: #87e9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38deb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.096,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80733,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DEB2

secondary

#8C2E47

accent

#3A69EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DEB2

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

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