#38BFBE#38BFBE

#38BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFBE
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -35.17, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 36.55, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.1088 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.112 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5517, 41.8166, 55.2191)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFBE #BF3839

analogous

#38BF7B #38BFBE #387CBF

triadic

#38BFBE #BE38BF #BFBE38

tetradic

#38BFBE #7B38BF #BF3839 #7CBF38

square

#38BFBE #7B38BF #BF3839 #7CBF38

split-complementary

#38BFBE #BF387C #BF7B38

monochromatic

#1C6060 #2A908F #38BFBE #63D1D0 #92DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#38BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#38BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFBE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3d1',
    500: '#38bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfbe;
$custom-light: #83d3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFBE

secondary

#CA8989

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFBE

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

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