#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
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -38.27, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 38.52, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1137 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.114 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3945, 41.3537, 49.1247)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38BFB3	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BFB3

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

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