#38B3BE#38B3BE

#38B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B3BE
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -29.44, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 33.21, 207.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0968 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.106 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0412, 36.7955, 54.3823)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B3BE #BE4338

analogous

#38BE86 #38B3BE #3870BE

triadic

#38B3BE #BE38B3 #B3BE38

tetradic

#38B3BE #8638BE #BE4338 #70BE38

square

#38B3BE #8638BE #BE4338 #70BE38

split-complementary

#38B3BE #BE3870 #BE8638

monochromatic

#1C5A5F #2A868F #38B3BE #62C8D1 #92D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#38B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#38B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B3BE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad1',
    500: '#38b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b3be;
$custom-light: #82cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.925,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B3BE

secondary

#CA8D88

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B3BE

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

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