#38BBA2#38BBA2

#38BBA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBA2
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -41.03, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 41.10, 176.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1174 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.118 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9196, 38.9870, 40.3346)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBA2 #BB3851

analogous

#38BB61 #38BBA2 #3892BB

triadic

#38BBA2 #A238BB #BBA238

tetradic

#38BBA2 #6138BB #BB3851 #92BB38

square

#38BBA2 #6138BB #BB3851 #92BB38

split-complementary

#38BBA2 #BB3892 #BB6138

monochromatic

#1C5D50 #2A8C79 #38BBA2 #61D0BA #90DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38BBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#38BBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBA2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBA2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0bd',
    500: '#38bba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bba2;
$custom-light: #81d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71574,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBA2

secondary

#C88693

accent

#4B67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBA2

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

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