#38AFBB#38AFBB

#38AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.104 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFBB
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -28.38, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 32.43, 208.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.094 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.104 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9266, 35.0856, 52.4099)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFBB #BB4438

analogous

#38BB85 #38AFBB #386EBB

triadic

#38AFBB #BB38AF #AFBB38

tetradic

#38AFBB #8538BB #BB4438 #6EBB38

square

#38AFBB #8538BB #BB4438 #6EBB38

split-complementary

#38AFBB #BB386E #BB8538

monochromatic

#1C575D #2A838C #38AFBB #61C5D0 #90D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#38AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#38AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFBB

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFBB	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.104 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7cf',
    500: '#38afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afbb;
$custom-light: #81c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69441,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFBB

secondary

#C88C86

accent

#584BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFBB

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

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