#38BFB5#38BFB5

#38BFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB5
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -37.71, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 38.10, 188.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1128 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.114 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5983, 41.4352, 50.1977)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB5 #BF3842

analogous

#38BF72 #38BFB5 #3885BF

triadic

#38BFB5 #B538BF #BFB538

tetradic

#38BFB5 #7238BF #BF3842 #85BF38

square

#38BFB5 #7238BF #BF3842 #85BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB5 #BF3885 #BF7238

monochromatic

#1C605B #2A9088 #38BFB5 #63D1C9 #92DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#38BFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB5

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB5	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d3cb',
    500: '#38bfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb5;
$custom-light: #82d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB5

secondary

#CA898E

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB5

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

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