#38BCA6#38BCA6

#38BCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA6
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -40.42, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 40.43, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1166 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.117 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4937, 39.5573, 42.3080)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA6 #BC384E

analogous

#38BC64 #38BCA6 #3890BC

triadic

#38BCA6 #A638BC #BCA638

tetradic

#38BCA6 #6438BC #BC384E #90BC38

square

#38BCA6 #6438BC #BC384E #90BC38

split-complementary

#38BCA6 #BC3890 #BC6438

monochromatic

#1C5E53 #2A8D7C #38BCA6 #61D0BE #90DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#38BCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA6

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA6	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c0',
    500: '#38bca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca6;
$custom-light: #81d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA6

secondary

#C98792

accent

#4A63DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA6

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

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