#38BCA0#38BCA0

#38BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA0
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -41.98, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 42.16, 174.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1194 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.12 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9561, 39.3423, 39.4767)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA0 #BC3854

analogous

#38BC5E #38BCA0 #3896BC

triadic

#38BCA0 #A038BC #BCA038

tetradic

#38BCA0 #5E38BC #BC3854 #96BC38

square

#38BCA0 #5E38BC #BC3854 #96BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA0 #BC3896 #BC5E38

monochromatic

#1C5E50 #2A8D78 #38BCA0 #61D0B8 #90DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#38BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bc',
    500: '#38bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca0;
$custom-light: #81d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA0

secondary

#C98795

accent

#4A6ADD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA0

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

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