#38B4BB#38B4BB

#38B4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4BB
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -30.82, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 33.61, 203.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0991 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.106 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9178, 37.0680, 52.7403)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4BB #BB3F38

analogous

#38BB80 #38B4BB #3873BB

triadic

#38B4BB #BB38B4 #B4BB38

tetradic

#38B4BB #8038BB #BB3F38 #73BB38

square

#38B4BB #8038BB #BB3F38 #73BB38

split-complementary

#38B4BB #BB3873 #BB8038

monochromatic

#1C595D #2A878C #38B4BB #61CAD0 #90DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#38B4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#38B4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4BB

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4BB	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)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcf',
    500: '#38b4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4bb;
$custom-light: #82cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70664,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4BB

secondary

#C88A86

accent

#524BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4BB

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

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