#38BCAD#38BCAD

#38BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAD
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -38.55, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 38.64, 184.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1134 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.114 184)
XYZ	xyz(27.1533, 39.8212, 45.7823)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAD #BC3847

analogous

#38BC6B #38BCAD #3889BC

triadic

#38BCAD #AD38BC #BCAD38

tetradic

#38BCAD #6B38BC #BC3847 #89BC38

square

#38BCAD #6B38BC #BC3847 #89BC38

split-complementary

#38BCAD #BC3889 #BC6B38

monochromatic

#1C5E56 #2A8D82 #38BCAD #61D0C3 #90DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAD

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAD	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)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1c5',
    500: '#38bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcad;
$custom-light: #81d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.39824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAD

secondary

#C9878E

accent

#4A5BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAD

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

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