#38B1BC#38B1BC

#38B1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BC
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -29.06, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 32.83, 207.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0956 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.105 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4262, 35.9128, 53.1063)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BC #BC4338

analogous

#38BC85 #38B1BC #386FBC

triadic

#38B1BC #BC38B1 #B1BC38

tetradic

#38B1BC #8538BC #BC4338 #6FBC38

square

#38B1BC #8538BC #BC4338 #6FBC38

split-complementary

#38B1BC #BC386F #BC8538

monochromatic

#1C585E #2A858D #38B1BC #61C7D0 #90D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#38B1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#38B1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BC

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BC	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8d0',
    500: '#38b1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1bc;
$custom-light: #81c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BC

secondary

#C98C87

accent

#574ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BC

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

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