#38ACBF#38ACBF

#38ACBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.104 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBF
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -25.66, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 31.97, 216.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0893 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.104 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7834, 34.1044, 54.5041)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBF #BF4B38

analogous

#38BF8E #38ACBF #3869BF

triadic

#38ACBF #BF38AC #ACBF38

tetradic

#38ACBF #8E38BF #BF4B38 #69BF38

square

#38ACBF #8E38BF #BF4B38 #69BF38

split-complementary

#38ACBF #BF3869 #BF8E38

monochromatic

#1C5760 #2A8190 #38ACBF #63C2D1 #92D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#38ACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#38ACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBF

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBF	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.104 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d2',
    500: '#38acbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acbf;
$custom-light: #81c5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68865,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBF

secondary

#CA9289

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBF

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

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