#38BEA8#38BEA8

#38BEA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA8
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -40.78, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 40.79, 178.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1177 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.118 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1088, 40.4917, 43.4252)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA8 #BE384E

analogous

#38BE65 #38BEA8 #3891BE

triadic

#38BEA8 #A838BE #BEA838

tetradic

#38BEA8 #6538BE #BE384E #91BE38

square

#38BEA8 #6538BE #BE384E #91BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA8 #BE3891 #BE6538

monochromatic

#1C5F54 #2A8F7E #38BEA8 #62D1BF #92DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#38BEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c1',
    500: '#38bea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea8;
$custom-light: #81d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.149,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA8

secondary

#CA8893

accent

#4A62DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA8

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

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