#38BFAE#38BFAE

#38BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAE
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -39.63, -1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 39.67, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1159 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.116 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8980, 41.1551, 46.5096)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAE #BF3849

analogous

#38BF6A #38BFAE #388CBF

triadic

#38BFAE #AE38BF #BFAE38

tetradic

#38BFAE #6A38BF #BF3849 #8CBF38

square

#38BFAE #6A38BF #BF3849 #8CBF38

split-complementary

#38BFAE #BF388C #BF6A38

monochromatic

#1C6058 #2A9083 #38BFAE #63D1C3 #92DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#38BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAE

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAE	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c6',
    500: '#38bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfae;
$custom-light: #82d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAE

secondary

#CA8991

accent

#4A5CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAE

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

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