#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
RGBrgb(56, 181, 190)
HSLhsl(184, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.73, -30.41, -14.46)
CIE-LCHlch(67.73, 33.67, 205.42°)
OKLaboklab(71.02% -0.0988 -0.0401)
OKLCHoklch(71.02% 0.107 202.1)
XYZxyz(27.4449, 37.6030, 54.5169)
Luminance0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B5BE1.002.468.528.52
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5221.001.001.00
##0000008.5221.001.001.00

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

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#38B5BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva