#38B5BB#38B5BB

#38B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5BB
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -31.30, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 33.88, 202.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.1001 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.106 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1204, 37.4732, 52.8078)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5BB #BB3E38

analogous

#38BB7F #38B5BB #3874BB

triadic

#38B5BB #BB38B5 #B5BB38

tetradic

#38B5BB #7F38BB #BB3E38 #74BB38

square

#38B5BB #7F38BB #BB3E38 #74BB38

split-complementary

#38B5BB #BB3874 #BB7F38

monochromatic

#1C5A5D #2A878C #38B5BB #61CAD0 #90DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#38B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#38B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5BB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5BB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbcf',
    500: '#38b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5bb;
$custom-light: #82cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70909,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5BB

secondary

#C88986

accent

#514BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5BB

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

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