#38B5BD#38B5BD

#38B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B5BD
RGBrgb(56, 181, 189)
HSLhsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(184, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.69, -30.71, -13.95)
CIE-LCHlch(67.69, 33.73, 204.43°)
OKLaboklab(70.98% -0.0992 -0.0387)
OKLCHoklch(70.98% 0.107 201.3)
XYZxyz(27.3360, 37.5594, 53.9432)
Luminance0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B5BD #BD4038
analogous
#38BD82 #38B5BD #3872BD
triadic
#38B5BD #BD38B5 #B5BD38
tetradic
#38B5BD #8238BD #BD4038 #72BD38
square
#38B5BD #8238BD #BD4038 #72BD38
split-complementary
#38B5BD #BD3872 #BD8238
monochromatic
#1C5B5F #2A888E #38B5BD #62CAD0 #91DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#38B5BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51
#38B5BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5BD
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B5BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B5BD1.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7ADBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#949FBE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 201.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd0',
    500: '#38b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b5bd;
$custom-light: #82cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70982,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B5BD
secondary
#C98B87
accent
#534ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5BD

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#38B5BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva