#38B8B3#38B8B3

#38B8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B3
RGBrgb(56, 184, 179)
HSLhsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.29, -35.04, -7.54)
CIE-LCHlch(68.29, 35.85, 192.14°)
OKLaboklab(71.37% -0.1066 -0.021)
OKLCHoklch(71.37% 0.109 191.2)
XYZxyz(26.9043, 38.3733, 48.6279)
Luminance0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B3 #B8383D
analogous
#38B873 #38B8B3 #387DB8
triadic
#38B8B3 #B338B8 #B8B338
tetradic
#38B8B3 #7338B8 #B8383D #7DB838
square
#38B8B3 #7338B8 #B8383D #7DB838
split-complementary
#38B8B3 #B8387D #B87338
monochromatic
#1B5A58 #2A8985 #38B8B3 #5FCECA #8EDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38B8B3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#38B8B3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B3
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B31.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADAFB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA1B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#38b8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b3;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.656,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71366,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B3
secondary
#C78587
accent
#4B51DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B8B3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva