#38B2BD#38B2BD

#38B2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2BD
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -29.25, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 33.02, 207.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0962 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.105 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7326, 36.3526, 53.7421)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2BD #BD4338

analogous

#38BD85 #38B2BD #3870BD

triadic

#38B2BD #BD38B2 #B2BD38

tetradic

#38B2BD #8538BD #BD4338 #70BD38

square

#38B2BD #8538BD #BD4338 #70BD38

split-complementary

#38B2BD #BD3870 #BD8538

monochromatic

#1C595F #2A868E #38B2BD #62C7D0 #91D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#38B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2BD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2BD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d0',
    500: '#38b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2bd;
$custom-light: #82c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70249,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2BD

secondary

#C98D87

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2BD

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

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