#38DEBF#38DEBF

#38DEBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DEBF
RGB	rgb(56, 222, 191)
HSL	hsl(169, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 14%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -48.60, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 48.71, 176.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.1387 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.139 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1514, 56.8404, 58.2934)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DEBF #DE3857

analogous

#38DE6C #38DEBF #38AADE

triadic

#38DEBF #BF38DE #DEBF38

tetradic

#38DEBF #6C38DE #DE3857 #AADE38

square

#38DEBF #6C38DE #DE3857 #AADE38

split-complementary

#38DEBF #DE38AA #DE6C38

monochromatic

#168571 #1FBA9D #38DEBF #6CE7D0 #A1EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#38DEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#38DEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DEBF

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DEBF	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38debf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 222, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e9d2',
    500: '#38debf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38debf;
$custom-light: #88e9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38debf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.795,
    "s": 71.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81089,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DEBF

secondary

#8C2E40

accent

#3A5BEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DEBF

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

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