#38B2BB#38B2BB

#38B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2BB
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -29.85, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 33.10, 205.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.097 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.105 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5170, 36.2663, 52.6066)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2BB #BB4138

analogous

#38BB82 #38B2BB #3871BB

triadic

#38B2BB #BB38B2 #B2BB38

tetradic

#38B2BB #8238BB #BB4138 #71BB38

square

#38B2BB #8238BB #BB4138 #71BB38

split-complementary

#38B2BB #BB3871 #BB8238

monochromatic

#1C585D #2A858C #38B2BB #61C8D0 #90D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#38B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2BB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2BB	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9cf',
    500: '#38b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2bb;
$custom-light: #81c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.122,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2BB

secondary

#C88B86

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2BB

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

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