#38B7BA#38B7BA

#38B7BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7BA
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -32.56, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 34.54, 199.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1025 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.107 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4233, 38.2497, 52.3825)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7BA #BA3B38

analogous

#38BA7C #38B7BA #3876BA

triadic

#38B7BA #BA38B7 #B7BA38

tetradic

#38B7BA #7C38BA #BA3B38 #76BA38

square

#38B7BA #7C38BA #BA3B38 #76BA38

split-complementary

#38B7BA #BA3876 #BA7C38

monochromatic

#1C5A5C #2A898B #38B7BA #60CDCF #8FDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38B7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7BA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdce',
    500: '#38b7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7ba;
$custom-light: #82cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71363,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7BA

secondary

#C88786

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7BA

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

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