#38B0BD#38B0BD

#38B0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.104 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0BD
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -28.27, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 32.60, 209.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0942 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.104 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3375, 35.5625, 53.6104)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0BD #BD4538

analogous

#38BD88 #38B0BD #386DBD

triadic

#38B0BD #BD38B0 #B0BD38

tetradic

#38B0BD #8838BD #BD4538 #6DBD38

square

#38B0BD #8838BD #BD4538 #6DBD38

split-complementary

#38B0BD #BD386D #BD8838

monochromatic

#1C585F #2A848E #38B0BD #62C6D0 #91D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#38B0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#38B0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0BD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0BD	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.104 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#38b0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0bd;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69761,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0BD

secondary

#C98E87

accent

#594ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0BD

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

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