#38BEA7#38BEA7

#38BEA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA7
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 12.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -41.04, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 41.06, 178.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1181 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.118 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0160, 40.4545, 42.9364)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA7 #BE384F

analogous

#38BE64 #38BEA7 #3892BE

triadic

#38BEA7 #A738BE #BEA738

tetradic

#38BEA7 #6438BE #BE384F #92BE38

square

#38BEA7 #6438BE #BE384F #92BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA7 #BE3892 #BE6438

monochromatic

#1C5F54 #2A8F7D #38BEA7 #62D1BE #92DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BEA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#38BEA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA7

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA7	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c1',
    500: '#38bea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea7;
$custom-light: #81d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.701,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA7

secondary

#CA8893

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA7

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

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