#38B8B0#38B8B0

#38B8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8B0
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -35.89, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 36.39, 189.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.1079 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.109 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6042, 38.2532, 47.0474)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8B0 #B83840

analogous

#38B870 #38B8B0 #3880B8

triadic

#38B8B0 #B038B8 #B8B038

tetradic

#38B8B0 #7038B8 #B83840 #80B838

square

#38B8B0 #7038B8 #B83840 #80B838

split-complementary

#38B8B0 #B83880 #B87038

monochromatic

#1B5A56 #2A8983 #38B8B0 #5FCEC7 #8EDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#38B8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#38B8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B0

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8B0	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec7',
    500: '#38b8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8b0;
$custom-light: #81cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71265,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8B0

secondary

#C78589

accent

#4B54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8B0

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

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