#38BFA8#38BFA8

#38BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA8
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -41.22, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 41.24, 178.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1187 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.119 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3261, 40.9263, 43.4976)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA8 #BF384F

analogous

#38BF64 #38BFA8 #3892BF

triadic

#38BFA8 #A838BF #BFA838

tetradic

#38BFA8 #6438BF #BF384F #92BF38

square

#38BFA8 #6438BF #BF384F #92BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA8 #BF3892 #BF6438

monochromatic

#1C6055 #2A907E #38BFA8 #63D1BE #92DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA8	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c1',
    500: '#38bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa8;
$custom-light: #82d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA8

secondary

#CA8994

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA8

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

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