#38BFB2#38BFB2

#38BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB2
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -38.54, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 38.73, 185.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1141 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.115 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2938, 41.3134, 48.5940)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB2 #BF3845

analogous

#38BF6E #38BFB2 #3888BF

triadic

#38BFB2 #B238BF #BFB238

tetradic

#38BFB2 #6E38BF #BF3845 #88BF38

square

#38BFB2 #6E38BF #BF3845 #88BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB2 #BF3888 #BF6E38

monochromatic

#1C605A #2A9086 #38BFB2 #63D1C7 #92DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c9',
    500: '#38bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb2;
$custom-light: #82d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB2

secondary

#CA898F

accent

#4A58DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB2

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

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