#38BFAA#38BFAA

#38BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAA
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -40.70, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 40.70, 179.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1178 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.118 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5139, 41.0014, 44.4864)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAA #BF384D

analogous

#38BF66 #38BFAA #3890BF

triadic

#38BFAA #AA38BF #BFAA38

tetradic

#38BFAA #6638BF #BF384D #90BF38

square

#38BFAA #6638BF #BF384D #90BF38

split-complementary

#38BFAA #BF3890 #BF6638

monochromatic

#1C6056 #2A9080 #38BFAA #63D1C0 #92DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAA

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAA	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c3',
    500: '#38bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfaa;
$custom-light: #82d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAA

secondary

#CA8993

accent

#4A61DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAA

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

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