#38BCAB#38BCAB

#38BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAB
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -39.09, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 39.13, 182.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1143 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.114 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9613, 39.7443, 44.7707)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAB #BC3849

analogous

#38BC69 #38BCAB #388BBC

triadic

#38BCAB #AB38BC #BCAB38

tetradic

#38BCAB #6938BC #BC3849 #8BBC38

square

#38BCAB #6938BC #BC3849 #8BBC38

split-complementary

#38BCAB #BC388B #BC6938

monochromatic

#1C5E55 #2A8D80 #38BCAB #61D0C2 #90DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#38BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 182.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72098,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAB

secondary

#C9878F

accent

#4A5DDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAB

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

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