#38B8B1#38B8B1

#38B8B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B1
RGBrgb(56, 184, 177)
HSLhsl(177, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(177, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.24, -35.61, -6.52)
CIE-LCHlch(68.24, 36.20, 190.38°)
OKLaboklab(71.3% -0.1075 -0.0183)
OKLCHoklch(71.3% 0.109 189.6)
XYZxyz(26.7035, 38.2930, 47.5704)
Luminance0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B1 #B8383F
analogous
#38B871 #38B8B1 #387FB8
triadic
#38B8B1 #B138B8 #B8B138
tetradic
#38B8B1 #7138B8 #B8383F #7FB838
square
#38B8B1 #7138B8 #B8383F #7FB838
split-complementary
#38B8B1 #B8387F #B87138
monochromatic
#1B5A57 #2A8984 #38B8B1 #5FCEC8 #8EDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#38B8B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#38B8B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B1
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B11.002.438.668.66
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADAEB1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA1B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 189.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec8',
    500: '#38b8b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b1;
$custom-light: #81cec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71299,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B1
secondary
#C78588
accent
#4B53DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B8B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva