#38BFAB#38BFAB

#38BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAB
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -40.43, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 40.43, 180.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1173 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.117 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6088, 41.0394, 44.9865)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAB #BF384C

analogous

#38BF67 #38BFAB #388FBF

triadic

#38BFAB #AB38BF #BFAB38

tetradic

#38BFAB #6738BF #BF384C #8FBF38

square

#38BFAB #6738BF #BF384C #8FBF38

split-complementary

#38BFAB #BF388F #BF6738

monochromatic

#1C6056 #2A9081 #38BFAB #63D1C1 #92DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#38BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 180.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAB

secondary

#CA8992

accent

#4A60DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAB

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

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