#38BFAF#38BFAF

#38BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFAF
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -39.36, -2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 39.43, 183.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1155 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.116 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9959, 41.1942, 47.0249)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFAF #BF3848

analogous

#38BF6B #38BFAF #388BBF

triadic

#38BFAF #AF38BF #BFAF38

tetradic

#38BFAF #6B38BF #BF3848 #8BBF38

square

#38BFAF #6B38BF #BF3848 #8BBF38

split-complementary

#38BFAF #BF388B #BF6B38

monochromatic

#1C6058 #2A9084 #38BFAF #63D1C4 #92DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFAF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFAF	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFAF

secondary

#CA8990

accent

#4A5BDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFAF

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

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