#38BFA6#38BFA6

#38BFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA6
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -41.75, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 41.80, 176.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1196 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.12 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1412, 40.8524, 42.5239)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA6 #BF3851

analogous

#38BF62 #38BFA6 #3894BF

triadic

#38BFA6 #A638BF #BFA638

tetradic

#38BFA6 #6238BF #BF3851 #94BF38

square

#38BFA6 #6238BF #BF3851 #94BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA6 #BF3894 #BF6238

monochromatic

#1C6054 #2A907D #38BFA6 #63D1BD #92DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#38BFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA6

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA6	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3c0',
    500: '#38bfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa6;
$custom-light: #81d3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA6

secondary

#CA8995

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA6

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

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