#38B0BB#38B0BB

#38B0BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0BB
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -28.87, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 32.64, 207.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.095 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(26.1219, 35.4762, 52.4750)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0BB #BB4338

analogous

#38BB84 #38B0BB #386FBB

triadic

#38B0BB #BB38B0 #B0BB38

tetradic

#38B0BB #8438BB #BB4338 #6FBB38

square

#38B0BB #8438BB #BB4338 #6FBB38

split-complementary

#38B0BB #BB386F #BB8438

monochromatic

#1C575D #2A848C #38B0BB #61C6D0 #90D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0BB

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0BB	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8cf',
    500: '#38b0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0bb;
$custom-light: #81c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69685,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0BB

secondary

#C88C86

accent

#574BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0BB

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

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