#38BCA2#38BCA2

#38BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA2
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -41.47, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 41.57, 175.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1184 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.119 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1325, 39.4128, 40.4056)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA2 #BC3852

analogous

#38BC60 #38BCA2 #3894BC

triadic

#38BCA2 #A238BC #BCA238

tetradic

#38BCA2 #6038BC #BC3852 #94BC38

square

#38BCA2 #6038BC #BC3852 #94BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA2 #BC3894 #BC6038

monochromatic

#1C5E51 #2A8D79 #38BCA2 #61D0BA #90DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#38BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B5B0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1bd',
    500: '#38bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca2;
$custom-light: #81d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71825,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA2

secondary

#C98794

accent

#4A67DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA2

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

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