#38AFBE#38AFBE

#38AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFBE
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -27.47, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 32.41, 212.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0927 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.104 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2511, 35.2154, 54.1189)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFBE #BE4738

analogous

#38BE8A #38AFBE #386CBE

triadic

#38AFBE #BE38AF #AFBE38

tetradic

#38AFBE #8A38BE #BE4738 #6CBE38

square

#38AFBE #8A38BE #BE4738 #6CBE38

split-complementary

#38AFBE #BE386C #BE8A38

monochromatic

#1C585F #2A838F #38AFBE #62C4D1 #92D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#38AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFBE

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFBE	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7d1',
    500: '#38afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afbe;
$custom-light: #81c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69555,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFBE

secondary

#CA8F88

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFBE

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

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