#38BCA4#38BCA4

#38BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA4
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -40.95, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 40.99, 177.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1175 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3116, 39.4845, 41.3493)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA4 #BC3850

analogous

#38BC62 #38BCA4 #3892BC

triadic

#38BCA4 #A438BC #BCA438

tetradic

#38BCA4 #6238BC #BC3850 #92BC38

square

#38BCA4 #6238BC #BC3850 #92BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA4 #BC3892 #BC6238

monochromatic

#1C5E52 #2A8D7B #38BCA4 #61D0BC #90DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1be',
    500: '#38bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca4;
$custom-light: #81d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA4

secondary

#C98793

accent

#4A65DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA4

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

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