#38B1BA#38B1BA

#38B1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BA
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -29.66, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 32.91, 205.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0964 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.104 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2121, 35.8272, 51.9787)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BA #BA4138

analogous

#38BA82 #38B1BA #3870BA

triadic

#38B1BA #BA38B1 #B1BA38

tetradic

#38B1BA #8238BA #BA4138 #70BA38

square

#38B1BA #8238BA #BA4138 #70BA38

split-complementary

#38B1BA #BA3870 #BA8238

monochromatic

#1C575C #2A848B #38B1BA #60C7CF #8FD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8ce',
    500: '#38b1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1ba;
$custom-light: #81c8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69893,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BA

secondary

#C88A86

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BA

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

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