#38BEAE#38BEAE

#38BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAE
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -39.18, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 39.25, 183.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1149 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.115 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6807, 40.7204, 46.4372)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAE #BE3848

analogous

#38BE6B #38BEAE #388BBE

triadic

#38BEAE #AE38BE #BEAE38

tetradic

#38BEAE #6B38BE #BE3848 #8BBE38

square

#38BEAE #6B38BE #BE3848 #8BBE38

split-complementary

#38BEAE #BE388B #BE6B38

monochromatic

#1C5F57 #2A8F83 #38BEAE #62D1C4 #92DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAE	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)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c6',
    500: '#38beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beae;
$custom-light: #82d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72689,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAE

secondary

#CA8890

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAE

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

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