#38B3BF#38B3BF

#38B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B3BF
RGBrgb(56, 179, 191)
HSLhsl(185, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.16, -29.14, -15.87)
CIE-LCHlch(67.16, 33.18, 208.57°)
OKLaboklab(70.57% -0.0963 -0.0441)
OKLCHoklch(70.57% 0.106 204.6)
XYZxyz(27.1508, 36.8394, 54.9599)
Luminance0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B3BF #BF4438
analogous
#38BF87 #38B3BF #386FBF
triadic
#38B3BF #BF38B3 #B3BF38
tetradic
#38B3BF #8738BF #BF4438 #6FBF38
square
#38B3BF #8738BF #BF4438 #6FBF38
split-complementary
#38B3BF #BF386F #BF8738
monochromatic
#1C5A60 #2A8790 #38B3BF #63C7D1 #92D8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#38B3BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37
#38B3BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B3BF
8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B3BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B3BF1.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5ACC0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#919DBF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 204.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cad2',
    500: '#38b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b3bf;
$custom-light: #82cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70569,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B3BF
secondary
#CA8E89
accent
#574ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B3BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva