#38BEAC#38BEAC

#38BEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAC
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -39.72, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 39.74, 181.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1158 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.116 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.4872, 40.6430, 45.4180)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAC #BE384A

analogous

#38BE69 #38BEAC #388DBE

triadic

#38BEAC #AC38BE #BEAC38

tetradic

#38BEAC #6938BE #BE384A #8DBE38

square

#38BEAC #6938BE #BE384A #8DBE38

split-complementary

#38BEAC #BE388D #BE6938

monochromatic

#1C5F56 #2A8F81 #38BEAC #62D1C2 #92DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38BEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c4',
    500: '#38beac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beac;
$custom-light: #82d2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72627,
    "c": 0.11591,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.40646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAC

secondary

#CA8891

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAC

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

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