#38B8B2#38B8B2

#38B8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.109 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8B2
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -35.33, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 36.02, 191.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.107 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.109 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8036, 38.3330, 48.0972)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8B2 #B8383E

analogous

#38B872 #38B8B2 #387EB8

triadic

#38B8B2 #B238B8 #B8B238

tetradic

#38B8B2 #7238B8 #B8383E #7EB838

square

#38B8B2 #7238B8 #B8383E #7EB838

split-complementary

#38B8B2 #B8387E #B87238

monochromatic

#1B5A57 #2A8985 #38B8B2 #5FCEC9 #8EDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#38B8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8B2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.109 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#38b8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8b2;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8B2

secondary

#C78588

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8B2

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

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