#38B2BF#38B2BF

#38B2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B2BF
RGB	rgb(56, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -28.65, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 32.97, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0953 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.106 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9512, 36.4400, 54.8933)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B2BF #BF4538

analogous

#38BF88 #38B2BF #386EBF

triadic

#38B2BF #BF38B2 #B2BF38

tetradic

#38B2BF #8838BF #BF4538 #6EBF38

square

#38B2BF #8838BF #BF4538 #6EBF38

split-complementary

#38B2BF #BF386E #BF8838

monochromatic

#1C5A60 #2A8690 #38B2BF #63C7D1 #92D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#38B2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#38B2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B2BF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B2BF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9d2',
    500: '#38b2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b2bf;
$custom-light: #82c9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B2BF

secondary

#CA8F89

accent

#584ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B2BF

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

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