#38DBA4#38DBA4

#38DBA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.153 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA4
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 164)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 25.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -53.87, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 56.03, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1482 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.153 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6595, 54.1801, 43.7986)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA4 #DB386F

analogous

#38DB53 #38DBA4 #38C0DB

triadic

#38DBA4 #A438DB #DBA438

tetradic

#38DBA4 #5338DB #DB386F #C0DB38

square

#38DBA4 #5338DB #DB386F #C0DB38

split-complementary

#38DBA4 #DB38C0 #DB5338

monochromatic

#17815E #21B583 #38DBA4 #6CE4BC #A0EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#38DBA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA4

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA4	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.153 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7bf',
    500: '#38dba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba4;
$custom-light: #86e7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.755,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79636,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA4

secondary

#882F4D

accent

#3C77EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA4

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

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