#38BCA7#38BCA7

#38BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCA7
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -40.16, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 40.16, 179.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1161 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.116 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5858, 39.5941, 42.7930)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCA7 #BC384D

analogous

#38BC65 #38BCA7 #388FBC

triadic

#38BCA7 #A738BC #BCA738

tetradic

#38BCA7 #6538BC #BC384D #8FBC38

square

#38BCA7 #6538BC #BC384D #8FBC38

split-complementary

#38BCA7 #BC388F #BC6538

monochromatic

#1C5E53 #2A8D7D #38BCA7 #61D0BE #90DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#38BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCA7

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCA7	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c1',
    500: '#38bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bca7;
$custom-light: #81d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71975,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCA7

secondary

#C98791

accent

#4A62DD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCA7

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

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