#38BEA2#38BEA2

#38BEA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA2
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -42.34, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 42.51, 174.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1205 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.121 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5627, 40.2732, 40.5490)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA2 #BE3854

analogous

#38BE5F #38BEA2 #3897BE

triadic

#38BEA2 #A238BE #BEA238

tetradic

#38BEA2 #5F38BE #BE3854 #97BE38

square

#38BEA2 #5F38BE #BE3854 #97BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA2 #BE3897 #BE5F38

monochromatic

#1C5F51 #2A8F7A #38BEA2 #62D1BA #92DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bd',
    500: '#38bea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea2;
$custom-light: #81d2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA2

secondary

#CA8896

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA2

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

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