#38BFA0#38BFA0

#38BFA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA0
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -43.28, 5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 43.60, 173.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1224 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.123 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6036, 40.6373, 39.6926)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA0 #BF3857

analogous

#38BF5C #38BFA0 #389ABF

triadic

#38BFA0 #A038BF #BFA038

tetradic

#38BFA0 #5C38BF #BF3857 #9ABF38

square

#38BFA0 #5C38BF #BF3857 #9ABF38

split-complementary

#38BFA0 #BF389A #BF5C38

monochromatic

#1C6051 #2A9078 #38BFA0 #63D1B8 #92DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#38BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA0

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA0	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)

#B9B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3bc',
    500: '#38bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa0;
$custom-light: #81d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72521,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA0

secondary

#CA8998

accent

#4A6CDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA0

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

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