#38BFBD#38BFBD

#38BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFBD
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -35.46, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 36.69, 194.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1092 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.112 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4428, 41.7730, 54.6455)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFBD #BF383A

analogous

#38BF79 #38BFBD #387DBF

triadic

#38BFBD #BD38BF #BFBD38

tetradic

#38BFBD #7938BF #BF383A #7DBF38

square

#38BFBD #7938BF #BF383A #7DBF38

split-complementary

#38BFBD #BF387D #BF7938

monochromatic

#1C605F #2A908E #38BFBD #63D1D0 #92DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFBD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFBD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFBD

secondary

#CA898A

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFBD

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

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