#38BFA7#38BFA7

#38BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA7
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -41.49, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 41.52, 177.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1192 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.119 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2333, 40.8892, 43.0089)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA7 #BF3850

analogous

#38BF63 #38BFA7 #3893BF

triadic

#38BFA7 #A738BF #BFA738

tetradic

#38BFA7 #6338BF #BF3850 #93BF38

square

#38BFA7 #6338BF #BF3850 #93BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA7 #BF3893 #BF6338

monochromatic

#1C6054 #2A907E #38BFA7 #63D1BE #92DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA7

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA7	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c1',
    500: '#38bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa7;
$custom-light: #82d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA7

secondary

#CA8994

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA7

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

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