#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
RGB	rgb(56, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -29.14, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 33.18, 208.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0963 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1508, 36.8394, 54.9599)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B3BF	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B3BF

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

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