#38BEA0#38BEA0

#38BEA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA0
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -42.85, 4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 43.12, 173.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1214 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.122 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3863, 40.2027, 39.6202)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA0 #BE3856

analogous

#38BE5D #38BEA0 #3899BE

triadic

#38BEA0 #A038BE #BEA038

tetradic

#38BEA0 #5D38BE #BE3856 #99BE38

square

#38BEA0 #5D38BE #BE3856 #99BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA0 #BE3899 #BE5D38

monochromatic

#1C5F50 #2A8F78 #38BEA0 #62D1B8 #92DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#38BEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA0	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B29F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bc',
    500: '#38bea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea0;
$custom-light: #81d2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA0

secondary

#CA8897

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA0

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

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