#38BEA4#38BEA4

#38BEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA4
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -41.83, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 41.92, 176.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1195 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.12 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7419, 40.3449, 41.4927)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA4 #BE3852

analogous

#38BE61 #38BEA4 #3895BE

triadic

#38BEA4 #A438BE #BEA438

tetradic

#38BEA4 #6138BE #BE3852 #95BE38

square

#38BEA4 #6138BE #BE3852 #95BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA4 #BE3895 #BE6138

monochromatic

#1C5F52 #2A8F7B #38BEA4 #62D1BB #92DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#38BEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA4	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)

#B7B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2be',
    500: '#38bea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea4;
$custom-light: #81d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.358,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA4

secondary

#CA8895

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA4

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

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