#38B1BD#38B1BD

#38B1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BD
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -28.76, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 32.80, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0952 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.105 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5343, 35.9561, 53.6760)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BD #BD4438

analogous

#38BD87 #38B1BD #386EBD

triadic

#38B1BD #BD38B1 #B1BD38

tetradic

#38B1BD #8738BD #BD4438 #6EBD38

square

#38B1BD #8738BD #BD4438 #6EBD38

split-complementary

#38B1BD #BD386E #BD8738

monochromatic

#1C595F #2A858E #38B1BD #62C6D0 #91D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#38B1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BD

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BD	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d0',
    500: '#38b1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1bd;
$custom-light: #82c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BD

secondary

#C98D87

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BD

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

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