#38B5B7#38B5B7

#38B5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5B7
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -32.48, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 34.27, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.1018 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6982, 37.3043, 50.5839)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5B7 #B73A38

analogous

#38B77A #38B5B7 #3876B7

triadic

#38B5B7 #B738B5 #B5B738

tetradic

#38B5B7 #7A38B7 #B73A38 #76B738

square

#38B5B7 #7A38B7 #B73A38 #76B738

split-complementary

#38B5B7 #B73876 #B77A38

monochromatic

#1B5859 #2A8788 #38B5B7 #5ECCCE #8DDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#38B5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#38B5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5B7

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5B7	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbcc',
    500: '#38b5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5b7;
$custom-light: #81cbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.945,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5B7

secondary

#C78584

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5B7

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

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