#38B1BF#38B1BF

#38B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B1BF
RGB	rgb(56, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -28.15, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 32.78, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0943 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7529, 36.0435, 54.8272)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B1BF #BF4638

analogous

#38BF89 #38B1BF #386DBF

triadic

#38B1BF #BF38B1 #B1BF38

tetradic

#38B1BF #8938BF #BF4638 #6DBF38

square

#38B1BF #8938BF #BF4638 #6DBF38

split-complementary

#38B1BF #BF386D #BF8938

monochromatic

#1C5960 #2A8590 #38B1BF #63C6D1 #92D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#38B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#38B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B1BF

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B1BF	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8d2',
    500: '#38b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b1bf;
$custom-light: #82c8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B1BF

secondary

#CA8F89

accent

#594ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B1BF

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

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