#38BFA5#38BFA5

#38BFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA5
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -42.01, 2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 42.09, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1201 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.12 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0498, 40.8158, 42.0427)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA5 #BF3852

analogous

#38BF61 #38BFA5 #3895BF

triadic

#38BFA5 #A538BF #BFA538

tetradic

#38BFA5 #6138BF #BF3852 #95BF38

square

#38BFA5 #6138BF #BF3852 #95BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA5 #BF3895 #BF6138

monochromatic

#1C6053 #2A907C #38BFA5 #63D1BC #92DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#38BFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA5	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)

#B8B3A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3bf',
    500: '#38bfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa5;
$custom-light: #81d3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA5

secondary

#CA8995

accent

#4A66DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA5

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

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