#38BFB8#38BFB8

#38BFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB8
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -36.87, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 37.52, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1114 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.113 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9094, 41.5596, 51.8363)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB8 #BF383F

analogous

#38BF74 #38BFB8 #3882BF

triadic

#38BFB8 #B838BF #BFB838

tetradic

#38BFB8 #7438BF #BF383F #82BF38

square

#38BFB8 #7438BF #BF383F #82BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB8 #BF3882 #BF7438

monochromatic

#1C605D #2A908A #38BFB8 #63D1CC #92DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#38BFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB8	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3cd',
    500: '#38bfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb8;
$custom-light: #83d3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB8

secondary

#CA898C

accent

#4A51DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB8

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

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