#38B3BC#38B3BC

#38B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3BC
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -30.04, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 33.30, 205.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0976 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8241, 36.7087, 53.2390)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3BC #BC4138

analogous

#38BC83 #38B3BC #3871BC

triadic

#38B3BC #BC38B3 #B3BC38

tetradic

#38B3BC #8338BC #BC4138 #71BC38

square

#38B3BC #8338BC #BC4138 #71BC38

split-complementary

#38B3BC #BC3871 #BC8338

monochromatic

#1C595E #2A868D #38B3BC #61C8D0 #90D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#38B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#38B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BC

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3BC	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad0',
    500: '#38b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3bc;
$custom-light: #82cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3BC

secondary

#C98B87

accent

#544ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3BC

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

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