#38BEAA#38BEAA

#38BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAA
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -40.25, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 40.25, 180.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1168 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.117 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2965, 40.5668, 44.4140)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAA #BE384C

analogous

#38BE67 #38BEAA #388FBE

triadic

#38BEAA #AA38BE #BEAA38

tetradic

#38BEAA #6738BE #BE384C #8FBE38

square

#38BEAA #6738BE #BE384C #8FBE38

split-complementary

#38BEAA #BE388F #BE6738

monochromatic

#1C5F55 #2A8F80 #38BEAA #62D1C0 #92DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAA	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c3',
    500: '#38beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beaa;
$custom-light: #82d2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.045,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAA

secondary

#CA8892

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAA

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

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