#38AFBF#38AFBF

#38AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFBF
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -27.16, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 32.42, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0923 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.105 208)
XYZ	xyz(26.3608, 35.2592, 54.6965)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFBF #BF4838

analogous

#38BF8B #38AFBF #386BBF

triadic

#38AFBF #BF38AF #AFBF38

tetradic

#38AFBF #8B38BF #BF4838 #6BBF38

square

#38AFBF #8B38BF #BF4838 #6BBF38

split-complementary

#38AFBF #BF386B #BF8B38

monochromatic

#1C5860 #2A8490 #38AFBF #63C4D1 #92D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFBF

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFBF	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7d2',
    500: '#38afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afbf;
$custom-light: #82c7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69594,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.35262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFBF

secondary

#CA9089

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFBF

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

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