#38B1BE#38B1BE

#38B1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BE
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -28.46, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 32.79, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0948 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6432, 35.9996, 54.2497)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BE #BE4538

analogous

#38BE88 #38B1BE #386EBE

triadic

#38B1BE #BE38B1 #B1BE38

tetradic

#38B1BE #8838BE #BE4538 #6EBE38

square

#38B1BE #8838BE #BE4538 #6EBE38

split-complementary

#38B1BE #BE386E #BE8838

monochromatic

#1C595F #2A858F #38B1BE #62C6D1 #92D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#38B1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BE

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BE	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d1',
    500: '#38b1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1be;
$custom-light: #82c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BE

secondary

#CA8E88

accent

#584ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BE

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

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