#38BFA9#38BFA9

#38BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFA9
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -40.96, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 40.97, 179.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.1182 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.118 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4196, 40.9637, 43.9901)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFA9 #BF384E

analogous

#38BF65 #38BFA9 #3891BF

triadic

#38BFA9 #A938BF #BFA938

tetradic

#38BFA9 #6538BF #BF384E #91BF38

square

#38BFA9 #6538BF #BF384E #91BF38

split-complementary

#38BFA9 #BF3891 #BF6538

monochromatic

#1C6055 #2A907F #38BFA9 #63D1BF #92DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFA9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFA9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B7B3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c2',
    500: '#38bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfa9;
$custom-light: #82d3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFA9

secondary

#CA8993

accent

#4A62DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFA9

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

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