#38B4BF#38B4BF

#38B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4BF
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -29.63, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 33.40, 207.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0974 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3520, 37.2417, 55.0269)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4BF #BF4338

analogous

#38BF86 #38B4BF #3870BF

triadic

#38B4BF #BF38B4 #B4BF38

tetradic

#38B4BF #8638BF #BF4338 #70BF38

square

#38B4BF #8638BF #BF4338 #70BF38

split-complementary

#38B4BF #BF3870 #BF8638

monochromatic

#1C5B60 #2A8790 #38B4BF #63C8D1 #92D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#38B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#38B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4BF

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4BF	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd2',
    500: '#38b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4bf;
$custom-light: #82cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70812,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4BF

secondary

#CA8E89

accent

#564ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4BF

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

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