#38BCAE#38BCAE

#38BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAE
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -38.28, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 38.41, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1129 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.113 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2505, 39.8600, 46.2938)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAE #BC3846

analogous

#38BC6C #38BCAE #3888BC

triadic

#38BCAE #AE38BC #BCAE38

tetradic

#38BCAE #6C38BC #BC3846 #88BC38

square

#38BCAE #6C38BC #BC3846 #88BC38

split-complementary

#38BCAE #BC3888 #BC6C38

monochromatic

#1C5E57 #2A8D82 #38BCAE #61D0C4 #90DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c6',
    500: '#38bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcae;
$custom-light: #82d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAE

secondary

#C9878E

accent

#4A5ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAE

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

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