#38B4BA#38B4BA

#38B4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4BA
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -31.12, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 33.69, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0995 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8111, 37.0253, 52.1784)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4BA #BA3E38

analogous

#38BA7F #38B4BA #3873BA

triadic

#38B4BA #BA38B4 #B4BA38

tetradic

#38B4BA #7F38BA #BA3E38 #73BA38

square

#38B4BA #7F38BA #BA3E38 #73BA38

split-complementary

#38B4BA #BA3873 #BA7F38

monochromatic

#1C595C #2A868B #38B4BA #60CACF #8FDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4BA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4BA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbce',
    500: '#38b4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4ba;
$custom-light: #82cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70628,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4BA

secondary

#C88986

accent

#514BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4BA

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

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