#38B5BF#38B5BF

#38B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B5BF
RGB	rgb(56, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -30.11, -14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 33.62, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0984 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.107 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5546, 37.6469, 55.0945)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B5BF #BF4238

analogous

#38BF85 #38B5BF #3872BF

triadic

#38B5BF #BF38B5 #B5BF38

tetradic

#38B5BF #8538BF #BF4238 #72BF38

square

#38B5BF #8538BF #BF4238 #72BF38

split-complementary

#38B5BF #BF3872 #BF8538

monochromatic

#1C5B60 #2A8890 #38B5BF #63C9D1 #92D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#38B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#38B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B5BF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B5BF	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd2',
    500: '#38b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b5bf;
$custom-light: #82cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B5BF

secondary

#CA8E89

accent

#554ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B5BF

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

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