#38DBAB#38DBAB

#38DBAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBAB
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 171)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 21.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -52.26, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 53.60, 167.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.145 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.148 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3091, 54.4399, 47.2199)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBAB #DB3868

analogous

#38DB5A #38DBAB #38BADB

triadic

#38DBAB #AB38DB #DBAB38

tetradic

#38DBAB #5A38DB #DB3868 #BADB38

square

#38DBAB #5A38DB #DB3868 #BADB38

split-complementary

#38DBAB #DB38BA #DB5A38

monochromatic

#178162 #21B589 #38DBAB #6CE4C1 #A0EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#38DBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#38DBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBAB

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBAB	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86e7c4',
    500: '#38dbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbab;
$custom-light: #86e7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.331,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBAB

secondary

#882F49

accent

#3C70EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBAB

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

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