#38BFAD#38BFAD

#38BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAD
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -39.90, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 39.92, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1164 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.116 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8009, 41.1162, 45.9981)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAD #BF384A

analogous

#38BF69 #38BFAD #388DBF

triadic

#38BFAD #AD38BF #BFAD38

tetradic

#38BFAD #6938BF #BF384A #8DBF38

square

#38BFAD #6938BF #BF384A #8DBF38

split-complementary

#38BFAD #BF388D #BF6938

monochromatic

#1C6057 #2A9082 #38BFAD #63D1C3 #92DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAD

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAD	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)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c5',
    500: '#38bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfad;
$custom-light: #82d3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAD

secondary

#CA8991

accent

#4A5EDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAD

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

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