#38BFB3#38BFB3

#38BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BFB3
RGBrgb(56, 191, 179)
HSLhsl(175, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(175, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.42, -38.27, -4.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.42, 38.52, 186.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.1% -0.1137 -0.0125)
OKLCHoklch(73.1% 0.114 186.3)
XYZxyz(28.3945, 41.3537, 49.1247)
Luminance0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BFB3 #BF3844
analogous
#38BF6F #38BFB3 #3887BF
triadic
#38BFB3 #B338BF #BFB338
tetradic
#38BFB3 #6F38BF #BF3844 #87BF38
square
#38BFB3 #6F38BF #BF3844 #87BF38
split-complementary
#38BFB3 #BF3887 #BF6F38
monochromatic
#1C605A #2A9087 #38BFB3 #63D1C7 #92DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#38BFB3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#38BFB3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB3
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BFB3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BFB31.002.279.279.27
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5B4B3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A6B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 186.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3c9',
    500: '#38bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bfb3;
$custom-light: #82d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73097,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BFB3
secondary
#CA898E
accent
#4A57DE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8382

Preview Lab

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#38BFB3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva