#38DBA7#38DBA7

#38DBA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA7
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 167)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 23.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -53.18, 13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 54.97, 165.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1468 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.151 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9336, 54.2897, 45.2423)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA7 #DB386C

analogous

#38DB56 #38DBA7 #38BEDB

triadic

#38DBA7 #A738DB #DBA738

tetradic

#38DBA7 #5638DB #DB386C #BEDB38

square

#38DBA7 #5638DB #DB386C #BEDB38

split-complementary

#38DBA7 #DB38BE #DB5638

monochromatic

#17815F #21B586 #38DBA7 #6CE4BE #A0EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#38DBA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA7

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA7	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7c1',
    500: '#38dba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba7;
$custom-light: #86e7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.859,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA7

secondary

#882F4C

accent

#3C74EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA7

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

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