#38B2BE#38B2BE

#38B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.105 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2BE
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -28.95, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 32.99, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0958 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.105 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8415, 36.3961, 54.3157)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2BE #BE4438

analogous

#38BE87 #38B2BE #386FBE

triadic

#38B2BE #BE38B2 #B2BE38

tetradic

#38B2BE #8738BE #BE4438 #6FBE38

square

#38B2BE #8738BE #BE4438 #6FBE38

split-complementary

#38B2BE #BE386F #BE8738

monochromatic

#1C595F #2A868F #38B2BE #62C7D1 #92D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#38B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#38B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2BE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2BE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.105 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d1',
    500: '#38b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2be;
$custom-light: #82c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70287,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2BE

secondary

#CA8E88

accent

#574ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2BE

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

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