#38DEBE#38DEBE

#38DEBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DEBE
RGB	rgb(56, 222, 190)
HSL	hsl(168, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -48.85, 3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 49.00, 175.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1391 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.139 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0417, 56.7965, 57.7158)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DEBE #DE3858

analogous

#38DE6B #38DEBE #38ABDE

triadic

#38DEBE #BE38DE #DEBE38

tetradic

#38DEBE #6B38DE #DE3858 #ABDE38

square

#38DEBE #6B38DE #DE3858 #ABDE38

split-complementary

#38DEBE #DE38AB #DE6B38

monochromatic

#168570 #1FBA9C #38DEBE #6CE7CF #A1EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#38DEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#38DEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DEBE

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DEBE	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38debe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 222, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e9d1',
    500: '#38debe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38debe;
$custom-light: #88e9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38debe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.434,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8106,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DEBE

secondary

#8C2E40

accent

#3A5CEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DEBE

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

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