#38B7B5#38B7B5

#38B7B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.108 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7B5
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -34.01, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 35.18, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1047 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.108 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9011, 38.0408, 49.6319)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7B5 #B7383A

analogous

#38B776 #38B7B5 #387AB7

triadic

#38B7B5 #B538B7 #B7B538

tetradic

#38B7B5 #7638B7 #B7383A #7AB738

square

#38B7B5 #7638B7 #B7383A #7AB738

split-complementary

#38B7B5 #B7387A #B77638

monochromatic

#1B5958 #2A8887 #38B7B5 #5ECECC #8DDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#38B7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#38B7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B5

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7B5	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.108 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cdcb',
    500: '#38b7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7b5;
$custom-light: #81cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.055,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7B5

secondary

#C78485

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7B5

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

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