#38BCAF#38BCAF

#38BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCAF
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -38.00, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 38.18, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1124 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.113 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3483, 39.8992, 46.8091)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCAF #BC3845

analogous

#38BC6D #38BCAF #3887BC

triadic

#38BCAF #AF38BC #BCAF38

tetradic

#38BCAF #6D38BC #BC3845 #87BC38

square

#38BCAF #6D38BC #BC3845 #87BC38

split-complementary

#38BCAF #BC3887 #BC6D38

monochromatic

#1C5E57 #2A8D83 #38BCAF #61D0C5 #90DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#38BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCAF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCAF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 185.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCAF

secondary

#C9878D

accent

#4A59DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCAF

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

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