#38B1BB#38B1BB

#38B1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BB
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -29.36, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 32.87, 206.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.096 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3187, 35.8698, 52.5406)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BB #BB4238

analogous

#38BB83 #38B1BB #3870BB

triadic

#38B1BB #BB38B1 #B1BB38

tetradic

#38B1BB #8338BB #BB4238 #70BB38

square

#38B1BB #8338BB #BB4238 #70BB38

split-complementary

#38B1BB #BB3870 #BB8338

monochromatic

#1C585D #2A848C #38B1BB #61C7D0 #90D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#38B1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BB

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BB	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)

#A3AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8cf',
    500: '#38b1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1bb;
$custom-light: #81c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6993,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BB

secondary

#C88B86

accent

#564BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BB

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

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