#38B2BC#38B2BC

#38B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2BC
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -29.55, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 33.06, 206.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0966 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.105 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6244, 36.3093, 53.1724)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2BC #BC4238

analogous

#38BC84 #38B2BC #3870BC

triadic

#38B2BC #BC38B2 #B2BC38

tetradic

#38B2BC #8438BC #BC4238 #70BC38

square

#38B2BC #8438BC #BC4238 #70BC38

split-complementary

#38B2BC #BC3870 #BC8438

monochromatic

#1C595E #2A858D #38B2BC #61C8D0 #90D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#38B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2BC

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2BC	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d0',
    500: '#38b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2bc;
$custom-light: #82c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70212,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2BC

secondary

#C98C87

accent

#554ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2BC

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

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