#38BFB4#38BFB4

#38BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.114 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB4
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -37.99, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 38.30, 187.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1132 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.114 187)
XYZ	xyz(28.4960, 41.3943, 49.6592)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB4 #BF3843

analogous

#38BF70 #38BFB4 #3886BF

triadic

#38BFB4 #B438BF #BFB438

tetradic

#38BFB4 #7038BF #BF3843 #86BF38

square

#38BFB4 #7038BF #BF3843 #86BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB4 #BF3886 #BF7038

monochromatic

#1C605B #2A9087 #38BFB4 #63D1C8 #92DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#38BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB4

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB4	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.114 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3ca',
    500: '#38bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb4;
$custom-light: #82d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.41398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB4

secondary

#CA898E

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB4

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

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