#38B0BF#38B0BF

#38B0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.105 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B0BF
RGB	rgb(56, 176, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -27.66, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 32.59, 211.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0933 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.105 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5561, 35.6499, 54.7616)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B0BF #BF4738

analogous

#38BF8A #38B0BF #386CBF

triadic

#38B0BF #BF38B0 #B0BF38

tetradic

#38B0BF #8A38BF #BF4738 #6CBF38

square

#38B0BF #8A38BF #BF4738 #6CBF38

split-complementary

#38B0BF #BF386C #BF8A38

monochromatic

#1C5960 #2A8490 #38B0BF #63C5D1 #92D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#38B0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#38B0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B0BF

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B0BF	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 176, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.105 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d2',
    500: '#38b0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b0bf;
$custom-light: #82c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69838,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B0BF

secondary

#CA9089

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B0BF

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

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