#38BFBA#38BFBA

#38BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFBA
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -36.31, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 37.16, 192.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1105 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.113 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1205, 41.6441, 52.9482)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFBA #BF383D

analogous

#38BF76 #38BFBA #3880BF

triadic

#38BFBA #BA38BF #BFBA38

tetradic

#38BFBA #7638BF #BF383D #80BF38

square

#38BFBA #7638BF #BF383D #80BF38

split-complementary

#38BFBA #BF3880 #BF7638

monochromatic

#1C605E #2A908C #38BFBA #63D1CD #92DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#38BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFBA

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFBA	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3ce',
    500: '#38bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfba;
$custom-light: #83d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFBA

secondary

#CA898B

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFBA

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

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