#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -34.58, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 35.49, 193.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1056 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.108 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6973, 37.9593, 48.5589)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B7B3	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B7B3

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

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