#38BFA3#38BFA3

#38BFA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA3
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -42.52, 3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 42.68, 174.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.121 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.121 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8692, 40.7436, 41.0914)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA3 #BF3854

analogous

#38BF60 #38BFA3 #3897BF

triadic

#38BFA3 #A338BF #BFA338

tetradic

#38BFA3 #6038BF #BF3854 #97BF38

square

#38BFA3 #6038BF #BF3854 #97BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA3 #BF3897 #BF6038

monochromatic

#1C6052 #2A907B #38BFA3 #63D1BA #92DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#38BFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA3	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B8B3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3be',
    500: '#38bfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa3;
$custom-light: #81d3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA3

secondary

#CA8996

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA3

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

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