#38B7B3#38B7B3

#38B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.108 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7B3
RGBrgb(56, 183, 179)
HSLhsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 69%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.99, -34.58, -7.99)
CIE-LCHlch(67.99, 35.49, 193.01°)
OKLaboklab(71.12% -0.1056 -0.0223)
OKLCHoklch(71.12% 0.108 191.9)
XYZxyz(26.6973, 37.9593, 48.5589)
Luminance0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7B3 #B7383C
analogous
#38B774 #38B7B3 #387CB7
triadic
#38B7B3 #B338B7 #B7B338
tetradic
#38B7B3 #7438B7 #B7383C #7CB738
square
#38B7B3 #7438B7 #B7383C #7CB738
split-complementary
#38B7B3 #B7387C #B77438
monochromatic
#1B5957 #2A8885 #38B7B3 #5ECECA #8DDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#38B7B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59
#38B7B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B3
8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7B31.002.448.598.59
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5921.001.001.00
##0000008.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAEB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A0B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.108 191.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdc9',
    500: '#38b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7b3;
$custom-light: #81cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.11,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7B3
secondary
#C78486
accent
#4B50DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B7B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva