#38BEAB#38BEAB

#38BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAB
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -39.99, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 39.99, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1163 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.116 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3915, 40.6047, 44.9141)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAB #BE384B

analogous

#38BE68 #38BEAB #388EBE

triadic

#38BEAB #AB38BE #BEAB38

tetradic

#38BEAB #6838BE #BE384B #8EBE38

square

#38BEAB #6838BE #BE384B #8EBE38

split-complementary

#38BEAB #BE388E #BE6838

monochromatic

#1C5F56 #2A8F80 #38BEAB #62D1C1 #92DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#38BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 181.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.493,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAB

secondary

#CA8891

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAB

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

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