#38BBA4#38BBA4

#38BBA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBA4
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -40.50, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 40.53, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1165 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.117 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0988, 39.0587, 41.2784)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBA4 #BB384F

analogous

#38BB63 #38BBA4 #3890BB

triadic

#38BBA4 #A438BB #BBA438

tetradic

#38BBA4 #6338BB #BB384F #90BB38

square

#38BBA4 #6338BB #BB384F #90BB38

split-complementary

#38BBA4 #BB3890 #BB6338

monochromatic

#1C5D51 #2A8C7B #38BBA4 #61D0BC #90DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38BBA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#38BBA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBA4

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBA4	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)

#B3B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0be',
    500: '#38bba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bba4;
$custom-light: #81d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.466,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71634,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBA4

secondary

#C88692

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBA4

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

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