#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 177)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -35.61, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.20, 190.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.1075 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.109 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7035, 38.2930, 47.5704)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B1	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B8B1

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

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