#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
RGBrgb(56, 183, 178)
HSLhsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.96, -34.86, -7.48)
CIE-LCHlch(67.96, 35.66, 192.12°)
OKLaboklab(71.08% -0.106 -0.0209)
OKLCHoklch(71.08% 0.108 191.1)
XYZxyz(26.5966, 37.9190, 48.0282)
Luminance0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B7B21.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#38B7B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva