#38B3BA#38B3BA

#38B3BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3BA
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -30.64, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 33.42, 203.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0985 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.105 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6100, 36.6230, 52.1114)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3BA #BA3F38

analogous

#38BA80 #38B3BA #3872BA

triadic

#38B3BA #BA38B3 #B3BA38

tetradic

#38B3BA #8038BA #BA3F38 #72BA38

square

#38B3BA #8038BA #BA3F38 #72BA38

split-complementary

#38B3BA #BA3872 #BA8038

monochromatic

#1C585C #2A868B #38B3BA #60C9CF #8FD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3BA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cace',
    500: '#38b3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3ba;
$custom-light: #81cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70382,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3BA

secondary

#C88986

accent

#534BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3BA

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

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