#38BFB7#38BFB7

#38BFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB7
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 183)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -37.15, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 37.70, 189.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1119 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.113 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8050, 41.5179, 51.2862)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB7 #BF3840

analogous

#38BF73 #38BFB7 #3884BF

triadic

#38BFB7 #B738BF #BFB738

tetradic

#38BFB7 #7338BF #BF3840 #84BF38

square

#38BFB7 #7338BF #BF3840 #84BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB7 #BF3884 #BF7338

monochromatic

#1C605C #2A908A #38BFB7 #63D1CB #92DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#38BFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB7

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB7	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)

#B4B5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cc',
    500: '#38bfb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb7;
$custom-light: #83d3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73227,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB7

secondary

#CA898D

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB7

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

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