#38B5BE#38B5BE

#38B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5BE
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -30.41, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 33.67, 205.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0988 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4449, 37.6030, 54.5169)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5BE #BE4138

analogous

#38BE84 #38B5BE #3872BE

triadic

#38B5BE #BE38B5 #B5BE38

tetradic

#38B5BE #8438BE #BE4138 #72BE38

square

#38B5BE #8438BE #BE4138 #72BE38

split-complementary

#38B5BE #BE3872 #BE8438

monochromatic

#1C5B5F #2A888F #38B5BE #62C9D1 #92DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#38B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5BE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5BE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd1',
    500: '#38b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5be;
$custom-light: #82cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5BE

secondary

#CA8C88

accent

#544ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5BE

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

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