#38DBA6#38DBA6

#38DBA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.152 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA6
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 24.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -53.41, 14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 55.32, 164.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.1473 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.152 166)
XYZ	xyz(33.8415, 54.2529, 44.7573)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA6 #DB386D

analogous

#38DB55 #38DBA6 #38BFDB

triadic

#38DBA6 #A638DB #DBA638

tetradic

#38DBA6 #5538DB #DB386D #BFDB38

square

#38DBA6 #5538DB #DB386D #BFDB38

split-complementary

#38DBA6 #DB38BF #DB5538

monochromatic

#17815F #21B585 #38DBA6 #6CE4BD #A0EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#38DBA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA6

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA6	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.152 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7c0',
    500: '#38dba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba6;
$custom-light: #86e7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.491,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79684,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.54257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA6

secondary

#882F4C

accent

#3C75EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA6

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

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