#38B7BF#38B7BF

#38B7BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B7BF
RGB	rgb(56, 183, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -31.08, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 34.11, 204.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1004 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9642, 38.4660, 55.2310)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B7BF #BF4038

analogous

#38BF84 #38B7BF #3873BF

triadic

#38B7BF #BF38B7 #B7BF38

tetradic

#38B7BF #8438BF #BF4038 #73BF38

square

#38B7BF #8438BF #BF4038 #73BF38

split-complementary

#38B7BF #BF3873 #BF8438

monochromatic

#1C5C60 #2A8A90 #38B7BF #63CBD1 #92DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B7BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38B7BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B7BF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B7BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B7BF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b7bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 183, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd2',
    500: '#38b7bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b7bf;
$custom-light: #82cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b7bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71544,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B7BF

secondary

#CA8D89

accent

#534ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B7BF

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

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