#38BEA9#38BEA9

#38BEA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA9
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -40.52, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 40.52, 179.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1172 0)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.117 180)
XYZ	xyz(27.2023, 40.5291, 43.9177)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA9 #BE384D

analogous

#38BE66 #38BEA9 #3890BE

triadic

#38BEA9 #A938BE #BEA938

tetradic

#38BEA9 #6638BE #BE384D #90BE38

square

#38BEA9 #6638BE #BE384D #90BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA9 #BE3890 #BE6638

monochromatic

#1C5F55 #2A8F7F #38BEA9 #62D1C0 #92DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA9	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2c2',
    500: '#38bea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea9;
$custom-light: #81d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.597,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72535,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA9

secondary

#CA8892

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA9

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

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