#38DBA8#38DBA8

#38DBA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.150 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA8
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 23.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -52.95, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 54.63, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1464 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.15 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0264, 54.3269, 45.7310)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA8 #DB386B

analogous

#38DB57 #38DBA8 #38BDDB

triadic

#38DBA8 #A838DB #DBA838

tetradic

#38DBA8 #5738DB #DB386B #BDDB38

square

#38DBA8 #5738DB #DB386B #BDDB38

split-complementary

#38DBA8 #DB38BD #DB5738

monochromatic

#178160 #21B587 #38DBA8 #6CE4BF #A0EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#38DBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA8

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA8	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.150 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7c2',
    500: '#38dba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba8;
$custom-light: #86e7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.227,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA8

secondary

#882F4B

accent

#3C73EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA8

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

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