#38B7B4#38B7B4

#38B7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7B4
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 180)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -34.29, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 35.33, 193.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.1051 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7988, 37.9999, 49.0935)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7B4 #B7383B

analogous

#38B775 #38B7B4 #387AB7

triadic

#38B7B4 #B438B7 #B7B438

tetradic

#38B7B4 #7538B7 #B7383B #7AB738

square

#38B7B4 #7538B7 #B7383B #7AB738

split-complementary

#38B7B4 #B7387A #B77538

monochromatic

#1B5958 #2A8886 #38B7B4 #5ECECB #8DDCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#38B7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B4

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7B4	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdca',
    500: '#38b7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7b4;
$custom-light: #81cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71153,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7B4

secondary

#C78486

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7B4

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

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