#38B7B2#38B7B2

#38B7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7B2
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -34.86, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 35.66, 192.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.106 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.108 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5966, 37.9190, 48.0282)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7B2 #B7383D

analogous

#38B773 #38B7B2 #387DB7

triadic

#38B7B2 #B238B7 #B7B238

tetradic

#38B7B2 #7338B7 #B7383D #7DB738

square

#38B7B2 #7338B7 #B7383D #7DB738

split-complementary

#38B7B2 #B7387D #B77338

monochromatic

#1B5957 #2A8884 #38B7B2 #5ECEC9 #8DDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#38B7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#38B7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7B2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc9',
    500: '#38b7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7b2;
$custom-light: #81cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7B2

secondary

#C78487

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7B2

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

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