#38BCA3#38BCA3

#38BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA3
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -41.21, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 41.28, 176.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.118 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.118 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2217, 39.4485, 40.8756)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA3 #BC3851

analogous

#38BC61 #38BCA3 #3893BC

triadic

#38BCA3 #A338BC #BCA338

tetradic

#38BCA3 #6138BC #BC3851 #93BC38

square

#38BCA3 #6138BC #BC3851 #93BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA3 #BC3893 #BC6138

monochromatic

#1C5E51 #2A8D7A #38BCA3 #61D0BB #90DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#38BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA3	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1be',
    500: '#38bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca3;
$custom-light: #81d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71855,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA3

secondary

#C98793

accent

#4A66DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA3

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

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