#38B4BC#38B4BC

#38B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4BC
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -30.53, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 33.54, 204.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0986 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.106 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0252, 37.1110, 53.3060)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4BC #BC4038

analogous

#38BC82 #38B4BC #3872BC

triadic

#38B4BC #BC38B4 #B4BC38

tetradic

#38B4BC #8238BC #BC4038 #72BC38

square

#38B4BC #8238BC #BC4038 #72BC38

split-complementary

#38B4BC #BC3872 #BC8238

monochromatic

#1C5A5E #2A878D #38B4BC #61C9D0 #90D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#38B4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd0',
    500: '#38b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4bc;
$custom-light: #82cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4BC

secondary

#C98B87

accent

#534ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4BC

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

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