#38B0BA#38B0BA

#38B0BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0BA
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -29.18, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 32.68, 206.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0954 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0153, 35.4336, 51.9131)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0BA #BA4238

analogous

#38BA83 #38B0BA #386FBA

triadic

#38B0BA #BA38B0 #B0BA38

tetradic

#38B0BA #8338BA #BA4238 #6FBA38

square

#38B0BA #8338BA #BA4238 #6FBA38

split-complementary

#38B0BA #BA386F #BA8338

monochromatic

#1C575C #2A838B #38B0BA #60C7CF #8FD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#38B0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#38B0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0BA

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0BA	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8ce',
    500: '#38b0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0ba;
$custom-light: #81c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69648,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0BA

secondary

#C88B86

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0BA

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

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