#38B7BB#38B7BB

#38B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7BB
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -32.26, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 34.44, 200.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1021 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.107 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5300, 38.2924, 52.9443)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7BB #BB3C38

analogous

#38BB7D #38B7BB #3876BB

triadic

#38B7BB #BB38B7 #B7BB38

tetradic

#38B7BB #7D38BB #BB3C38 #76BB38

square

#38B7BB #7D38BB #BB3C38 #76BB38

split-complementary

#38B7BB #BB3876 #BB7D38

monochromatic

#1C5B5D #2A898C #38B7BB #61CCD0 #90DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#38B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7BB	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdcf',
    500: '#38b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7bb;
$custom-light: #82cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71399,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7BB

secondary

#C88886

accent

#4F4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7BB

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

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