#38BBA3#38BBA3

#38BBA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBA3
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -40.77, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 40.81, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1169 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.117 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0088, 39.0227, 40.8046)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBA3 #BB3850

analogous

#38BB62 #38BBA3 #3891BB

triadic

#38BBA3 #A338BB #BBA338

tetradic

#38BBA3 #6238BB #BB3850 #91BB38

square

#38BBA3 #6238BB #BB3850 #91BB38

split-complementary

#38BBA3 #BB3891 #BB6238

monochromatic

#1C5D51 #2A8C7A #38BBA3 #61D0BB #90DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BBA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BBA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBA3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBA3	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0be',
    500: '#38bba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bba3;
$custom-light: #81d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.008,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBA3

secondary

#C88692

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBA3

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

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