#38DBB9#38DBB9

#38DBB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38DBB9
RGB	rgb(56, 219, 185)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -48.86, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 49.11, 174.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1385 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.139 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7149, 55.0023, 54.6237)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38DBB9 #DB385A

analogous

#38DB68 #38DBB9 #38ACDB

triadic

#38DBB9 #B938DB #DBB938

tetradic

#38DBB9 #6838DB #DB385A #ACDB38

square

#38DBB9 #6838DB #DB385A #ACDB38

split-complementary

#38DBB9 #DB38AC #DB6838

monochromatic

#17816B #21B596 #38DBB9 #6CE4CB #A0EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#38DBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#38DBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38DBB9

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38DBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38DBB9	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBDBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38dbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 219, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e7ce',
    500: '#38dbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38dbb9;
$custom-light: #87e7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38dbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.485,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38DBB9

secondary

#882F42

accent

#3C60EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #38DBB9

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

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