#38B7B8#38B7B8

#38B7B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7B8
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -33.14, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 34.77, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1034 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.107 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2122, 38.1652, 51.2706)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7B8 #B83938

analogous

#38B879 #38B7B8 #3877B8

triadic

#38B7B8 #B838B7 #B7B838

tetradic

#38B7B8 #7938B8 #B83938 #77B838

square

#38B7B8 #7938B8 #B83938 #77B838

split-complementary

#38B7B8 #B83877 #B87938

monochromatic

#1B5A5A #2A8889 #38B7B8 #5FCDCE #8EDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B7B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#38B7B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7B8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7B8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdcd',
    500: '#38b7b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7b8;
$custom-light: #82cdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.469,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7B8

secondary

#C78585

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7B8

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

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