#38BCAC#38BCAC

#38BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAC
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -38.82, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 38.88, 183.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1138 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.114 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0569, 39.7826, 45.2746)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAC #BC3848

analogous

#38BC6A #38BCAC #388ABC

triadic

#38BCAC #AC38BC #BCAC38

tetradic

#38BCAC #6A38BC #BC3848 #8ABC38

square

#38BCAC #6A38BC #BC3848 #8ABC38

split-complementary

#38BCAC #BC388A #BC6A38

monochromatic

#1C5E56 #2A8D81 #38BCAC #61D0C3 #90DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c4',
    500: '#38bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcac;
$custom-light: #81d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAC

secondary

#C9878F

accent

#4A5CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAC

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

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