#38BFB6#38BFB6

#38BFB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB6
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 182)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -37.43, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 37.90, 188.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1123 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.114 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7012, 41.4764, 50.7400)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB6 #BF3841

analogous

#38BF72 #38BFB6 #3884BF

triadic

#38BFB6 #B638BF #BFB638

tetradic

#38BFB6 #7238BF #BF3841 #84BF38

square

#38BFB6 #7238BF #BF3841 #84BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB6 #BF3884 #BF7238

monochromatic

#1C605C #2A9089 #38BFB6 #63D1CA #92DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38BFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB6

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB6	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cb',
    500: '#38bfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb6;
$custom-light: #83d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB6

secondary

#CA898D

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB6

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

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