#38BEA3#38BEA3

#38BEA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA3
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -42.08, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 42.21, 175.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.12 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.12 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6519, 40.3089, 41.0190)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA3 #BE3853

analogous

#38BE60 #38BEA3 #3896BE

triadic

#38BEA3 #A338BE #BEA338

tetradic

#38BEA3 #6038BE #BE3853 #96BE38

square

#38BEA3 #6038BE #BE3853 #96BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA3 #BE3896 #BE6038

monochromatic

#1C5F52 #2A8F7A #38BEA3 #62D1BB #92DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA3	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)

#B7B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2be',
    500: '#38bea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea3;
$custom-light: #81d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.91,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72356,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA3

secondary

#CA8895

accent

#4A68DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA3

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

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