#38B4BE#38B4BE

#38B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4BE
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -29.93, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 33.44, 206.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0978 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2423, 37.1978, 54.4493)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4BE #BE4238

analogous

#38BE85 #38B4BE #3871BE

triadic

#38B4BE #BE38B4 #B4BE38

tetradic

#38B4BE #8538BE #BE4238 #71BE38

square

#38B4BE #8538BE #BE4238 #71BE38

split-complementary

#38B4BE #BE3871 #BE8538

monochromatic

#1C5A5F #2A878F #38B4BE #62C9D1 #92D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#38B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4BE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4BE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd1',
    500: '#38b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4be;
$custom-light: #82cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.478,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70775,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4BE

secondary

#CA8D88

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4BE

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

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