#38B7BD#38B7BD

#38B7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7BD
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -31.67, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 34.26, 202.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.1012 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.107 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7456, 38.3786, 54.0798)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7BD #BD3E38

analogous

#38BD80 #38B7BD #3874BD

triadic

#38B7BD #BD38B7 #B7BD38

tetradic

#38B7BD #8038BD #BD3E38 #74BD38

square

#38B7BD #8038BD #BD3E38 #74BD38

split-complementary

#38B7BD #BD3874 #BD8038

monochromatic

#1C5C5F #2A898E #38B7BD #62CBD0 #91DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#38B7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7BD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd0',
    500: '#38b7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7bd;
$custom-light: #82cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.707,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7BD

secondary

#C98A87

accent

#514ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7BD

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

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