#38B7BC#38B7BC

#38B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.107 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7BC
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -31.97, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 34.34, 201.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1016 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.107 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6374, 38.3353, 53.5101)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7BC #BC3D38

analogous

#38BC7F #38B7BC #3875BC

triadic

#38B7BC #BC38B7 #B7BC38

tetradic

#38B7BC #7F38BC #BC3D38 #75BC38

square

#38B7BC #7F38BC #BC3D38 #75BC38

split-complementary

#38B7BC #BC3875 #BC7F38

monochromatic

#1C5B5E #2A898D #38B7BC #61CCD0 #90DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7BC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.107 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd0',
    500: '#38b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7bc;
$custom-light: #82cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7BC

secondary

#C98987

accent

#504ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7BC

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

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