#38DBA9#38DBA9

#38DBA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.150 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBA9
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 169)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 22.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -52.72, 12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 54.28, 166.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1459 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.15 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1199, 54.3643, 46.2235)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBA9 #DB386A

analogous

#38DB58 #38DBA9 #38BCDB

triadic

#38DBA9 #A938DB #DBA938

tetradic

#38DBA9 #5838DB #DB386A #BCDB38

square

#38DBA9 #5838DB #DB386A #BCDB38

split-complementary

#38DBA9 #DB38BC #DB5838

monochromatic

#178161 #21B588 #38DBA9 #6CE4BF #A0EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#38DBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBA9

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBA9	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)

#D6CCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.150 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7c2',
    500: '#38dba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dba9;
$custom-light: #86e7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.595,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBA9

secondary

#882F4A

accent

#3C72EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBA9

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

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