#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
RGBrgb(56, 183, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.14, -33.14, -10.52)
CIE-LCHlch(68.14, 34.77, 197.62°)
OKLaboklab(71.29% -0.1034 -0.0292)
OKLCHoklch(71.29% 0.107 195.8)
XYZxyz(27.2122, 38.1652, 51.2706)
Luminance0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B7B81.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38B7B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva