#38BEAF#38BEAF

#38BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEAF
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -38.91, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 39.01, 184.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1145 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.115 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7785, 40.7596, 46.9525)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEAF #BE3847

analogous

#38BE6C #38BEAF #388ABE

triadic

#38BEAF #AF38BE #BEAF38

tetradic

#38BEAF #6C38BE #BE3847 #8ABE38

square

#38BEAF #6C38BE #BE3847 #8ABE38

split-complementary

#38BEAF #BE388A #BE6C38

monochromatic

#1C5F58 #2A8F83 #38BEAF #62D1C4 #92DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEAF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEAF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 184.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.284,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEAF

secondary

#CA888F

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEAF

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

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