#38BFA2#38BFA2

#38BFA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA2
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -42.77, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 42.99, 174.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1215 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.122 175)
XYZ	xyz(26.7800, 40.7079, 40.6214)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA2 #BF3855

analogous

#38BF5E #38BFA2 #3898BF

triadic

#38BFA2 #A238BF #BFA238

tetradic

#38BFA2 #5E38BF #BF3855 #98BF38

square

#38BFA2 #5E38BF #BF3855 #98BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA2 #BF3898 #BF5E38

monochromatic

#1C6052 #2A907A #38BFA2 #63D1BA #92DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#38BFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA2	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)

#B8B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3bd',
    500: '#38bfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa2;
$custom-light: #81d3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.40711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA2

secondary

#CA8997

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA2

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

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