#38BEA1#38BEA1

#38BEA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA1
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 161)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -42.60, 4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 42.81, 174.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1209 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.121 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4741, 40.2378, 40.0827)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA1 #BE3855

analogous

#38BE5E #38BEA1 #3898BE

triadic

#38BEA1 #A138BE #BEA138

tetradic

#38BEA1 #5E38BE #BE3855 #98BE38

square

#38BEA1 #5E38BE #BE3855 #98BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA1 #BE3898 #BE5E38

monochromatic

#1C5F51 #2A8F79 #38BEA1 #62D1B9 #92DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA1	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bc',
    500: '#38bea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea1;
$custom-light: #81d2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.015,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA1

secondary

#CA8896

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA1

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

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