#38B0BC#38B0BC

#38B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.104 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0BC
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -28.57, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 32.61, 208.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0946 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.104 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2294, 35.5192, 53.0407)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0BC #BC4438

analogous

#38BC86 #38B0BC #386EBC

triadic

#38B0BC #BC38B0 #B0BC38

tetradic

#38B0BC #8638BC #BC4438 #6EBC38

square

#38B0BC #8638BC #BC4438 #6EBC38

split-complementary

#38B0BC #BC386E #BC8638

monochromatic

#1C585E #2A848D #38B0BC #61C6D0 #90D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#38B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0BC

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0BC	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)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.104 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#38b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0bc;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0BC

secondary

#C98D87

accent

#584ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0BC

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

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