#38B7BE#38B7BE

#38B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B7BE
RGBrgb(56, 183, 190)
HSLhsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.33, -31.38, -13.55)
CIE-LCHlch(68.33, 34.18, 203.35°)
OKLaboklab(71.51% -0.1008 -0.0376)
OKLCHoklch(71.51% 0.108 200.5)
XYZxyz(27.8545, 38.4222, 54.6534)
Luminance0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B7BE #BE3F38
analogous
#38BE82 #38B7BE #3874BE
triadic
#38B7BE #BE38B7 #B7BE38
tetradic
#38B7BE #8238BE #BE3F38 #74BE38
square
#38B7BE #8238BE #BE3F38 #74BE38
split-complementary
#38B7BE #BE3874 #BE8238
monochromatic
#1C5C5F #2A898F #38B7BE #62CBD1 #92DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38B7BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#38B7BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BE
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B7BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B7BE1.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9AFBF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A0BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 200.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd1',
    500: '#38b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b7be;
$custom-light: #82cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71508,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B7BE
secondary
#CA8B88
accent
#524ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B7BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva