#38BCBA#38BCBA

#38BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCBA
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -34.92, -9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 36.13, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1075 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.111 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4730, 40.3490, 52.7324)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCBA #BC383A

analogous

#38BC78 #38BCBA #387CBC

triadic

#38BCBA #BA38BC #BCBA38

tetradic

#38BCBA #7838BC #BC383A #7CBC38

square

#38BCBA #7838BC #BC383A #7CBC38

split-complementary

#38BCBA #BC387C #BC7838

monochromatic

#1C5E5D #2A8D8B #38BCBA #61D0CE #90DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCBA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCBA	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0ce',
    500: '#38bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcba;
$custom-light: #83d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72591,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCBA

secondary

#C98788

accent

#4A4DDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCBA

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

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