#38BFA4#38BFA4

#38BFA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA4
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -42.26, 3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 42.39, 175.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1205 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.121 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9592, 40.7796, 41.5652)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA4 #BF3853

analogous

#38BF60 #38BFA4 #3896BF

triadic

#38BFA4 #A438BF #BFA438

tetradic

#38BFA4 #6038BF #BF3853 #96BF38

square

#38BFA4 #6038BF #BF3853 #96BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA4 #BF3896 #BF6038

monochromatic

#1C6053 #2A907B #38BFA4 #63D1BB #92DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3be',
    500: '#38bfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa4;
$custom-light: #81d3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA4

secondary

#CA8996

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA4

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

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