#38ACBB#38ACBB

#38ACBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.103 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACBB
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -26.90, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 31.85, 212.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.091 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.103 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3492, 33.9307, 52.2174)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACBB #BB4738

analogous

#38BB88 #38ACBB #386BBB

triadic

#38ACBB #BB38AC #ACBB38

tetradic

#38ACBB #8838BB #BB4738 #6BBB38

square

#38ACBB #8838BB #BB4738 #6BBB38

split-complementary

#38ACBB #BB386B #BB8838

monochromatic

#1C555D #2A818C #38ACBB #61C3D0 #90D5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#38ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#38ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACBB

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACBB	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.103 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5cf',
    500: '#38acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acbb;
$custom-light: #81c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68708,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACBB

secondary

#C88E86

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACBB

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

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