#38B3BB#38B3BB

#38B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3BB
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -30.34, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 33.35, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.098 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.105 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7167, 36.6657, 52.6732)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3BB #BB4038

analogous

#38BB81 #38B3BB #3872BB

triadic

#38B3BB #BB38B3 #B3BB38

tetradic

#38B3BB #8138BB #BB4038 #72BB38

square

#38B3BB #8138BB #BB4038 #72BB38

split-complementary

#38B3BB #BB3872 #BB8138

monochromatic

#1C595D #2A868C #38B3BB #61C9D0 #90D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#38B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BB

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3BB	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)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cacf',
    500: '#38b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3bb;
$custom-light: #82cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70419,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3BB

secondary

#C88A86

accent

#534BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3BB

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

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