#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
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -31.38, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 34.18, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1008 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8545, 38.4222, 54.6534)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B7BE	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)

#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

Preview with #38B7BE

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

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