#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
RGBrgb(56, 183, 186)
HSLhsl(181, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.20, -32.56, -11.53)
CIE-LCHlch(68.20, 34.54, 199.51°)
OKLaboklab(71.36% -0.1025 -0.032)
OKLCHoklch(71.36% 0.107 197.3)
XYZxyz(27.4233, 38.2497, 52.3825)
Luminance0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B7BA1.002.438.658.65
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6521.001.001.00
##0000008.6521.001.001.00

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

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#38B7BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva