#38BFAC#38BFAC

#38BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAC
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -40.16, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 40.17, 181.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1168 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.117 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7045, 41.0777, 45.4904)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAC #BF384B

analogous

#38BF69 #38BFAC #388EBF

triadic

#38BFAC #AC38BF #BFAC38

tetradic

#38BFAC #6938BF #BF384B #8EBF38

square

#38BFAC #6938BF #BF384B #8EBF38

split-complementary

#38BFAC #BF388E #BF6938

monochromatic

#1C6057 #2A9081 #38BFAC #63D1C2 #92DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c4',
    500: '#38bfac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfac;
$custom-light: #82d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72876,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAC

secondary

#CA8992

accent

#4A5FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAC

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

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