#38BFBC#38BFBC

#38BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFBC
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -35.74, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 36.84, 194.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1096 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.112 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3346, 41.7297, 54.0758)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFBC #BF383B

analogous

#38BF78 #38BFBC #387EBF

triadic

#38BFBC #BC38BF #BFBC38

tetradic

#38BFBC #7838BF #BF383B #7EBF38

square

#38BFBC #7838BF #BF383B #7EBF38

split-complementary

#38BFBC #BF387E #BF7838

monochromatic

#1C605F #2A908D #38BFBC #63D1CF #92DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#38BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFBC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFBC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d0',
    500: '#38bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfbc;
$custom-light: #83d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFBC

secondary

#CA898A

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFBC

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

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