#38BEAD#38BEAD

#38BEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAD
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -39.45, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 39.49, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1154 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.116 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5835, 40.6816, 45.9257)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAD #BE3849

analogous

#38BE6A #38BEAD #388CBE

triadic

#38BEAD #AD38BE #BEAD38

tetradic

#38BEAD #6A38BE #BE3849 #8CBE38

square

#38BEAD #6A38BE #BE3849 #8CBE38

split-complementary

#38BEAD #BE388C #BE6A38

monochromatic

#1C5F57 #2A8F82 #38BEAD #62D1C3 #92DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c5',
    500: '#38bead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bead;
$custom-light: #82d2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.388,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72658,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAD

secondary

#CA8890

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAD

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

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