#38BFB0#38BFB0

#38BFB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB0
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -39.09, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 39.19, 184.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.115 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.115 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0944, 41.2337, 47.5441)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB0 #BF3847

analogous

#38BF6C #38BFB0 #388ABF

triadic

#38BFB0 #B038BF #BFB038

tetradic

#38BFB0 #6C38BF #BF3847 #8ABF38

square

#38BFB0 #6C38BF #BF3847 #8ABF38

split-complementary

#38BFB0 #BF388A #BF6C38

monochromatic

#1C6059 #2A9084 #38BFB0 #63D1C5 #92DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38BFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB0

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB0	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c7',
    500: '#38bfb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb0;
$custom-light: #82d3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB0

secondary

#CA8990

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB0

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

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