#38B5BA#38B5BA

#38B5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5BA
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -31.60, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 33.96, 201.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.1005 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.106 199)
XYZ	xyz(27.0137, 37.4305, 52.2460)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5BA #BA3D38

analogous

#38BA7E #38B5BA #3874BA

triadic

#38B5BA #BA38B5 #B5BA38

tetradic

#38B5BA #7E38BA #BA3D38 #74BA38

square

#38B5BA #7E38BA #BA3D38 #74BA38

split-complementary

#38B5BA #BA3874 #BA7E38

monochromatic

#1C595C #2A878B #38B5BA #60CBCF #8FDADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#38B5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5BA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5BA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbce',
    500: '#38b5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5ba;
$custom-light: #82cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70873,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.37434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5BA

secondary

#C88886

accent

#504BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5BA

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

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