#38BCAA#38BCAA

#38BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAA
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -39.36, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 39.38, 181.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1147 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.115 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8663, 39.7064, 44.2706)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAA #BC384A

analogous

#38BC68 #38BCAA #388CBC

triadic

#38BCAA #AA38BC #BCAA38

tetradic

#38BCAA #6838BC #BC384A #8CBC38

square

#38BCAA #6838BC #BC384A #8CBC38

split-complementary

#38BCAA #BC388C #BC6838

monochromatic

#1C5E55 #2A8D7F #38BCAA #61D0C1 #90DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c3',
    500: '#38bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcaa;
$custom-light: #81d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAA

secondary

#C98790

accent

#4A5EDD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAA

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

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