#38BCA1#38BCA1

#38BCA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA1
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -41.72, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 41.86, 175.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1189 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.119 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0439, 39.3774, 39.9393)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA1 #BC3853

analogous

#38BC5F #38BCA1 #3895BC

triadic

#38BCA1 #A138BC #BCA138

tetradic

#38BCA1 #5F38BC #BC3853 #95BC38

square

#38BCA1 #5F38BC #BC3853 #95BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA1 #BC3895 #BC5F38

monochromatic

#1C5E50 #2A8D79 #38BCA1 #61D0B9 #90DECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38BCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA1

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA1	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bc',
    500: '#38bca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca1;
$custom-light: #81d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA1

secondary

#C98794

accent

#4A68DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA1

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

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