#38B3BD#38B3BD

#38B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3BD
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -29.74, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 33.25, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0972 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.106 203)
XYZ	xyz(26.9323, 36.7519, 53.8087)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3BD #BD4238

analogous

#38BD84 #38B3BD #3871BD

triadic

#38B3BD #BD38B3 #B3BD38

tetradic

#38B3BD #8438BD #BD4238 #71BD38

square

#38B3BD #8438BD #BD4238 #71BD38

split-complementary

#38B3BD #BD3871 #BD8438

monochromatic

#1C5A5F #2A868E #38B3BD #62C8D0 #91D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#38B3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BD

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3BD	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad0',
    500: '#38b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3bd;
$custom-light: #82cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70493,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.36755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3BD

secondary

#C98C87

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3BD

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

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