#38DBA5#38DBA5

#38DBA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA5
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 165)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 24.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -53.64, 14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 55.68, 164.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1478 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.153 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7501, 54.2164, 44.2761)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA5 #DB386E

analogous

#38DB54 #38DBA5 #38C0DB

triadic

#38DBA5 #A538DB #DBA538

tetradic

#38DBA5 #5438DB #DB386E #C0DB38

square

#38DBA5 #5438DB #DB386E #C0DB38

split-complementary

#38DBA5 #DB38C0 #DB5438

monochromatic

#17815E #21B584 #38DBA5 #6CE4BC #A0EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#38DBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA5

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA5	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)

#D6CBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7bf',
    500: '#38dba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba5;
$custom-light: #86e7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.123,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA5

secondary

#882F4D

accent

#3C76EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA5

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

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