#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -35.04, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 35.85, 192.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1066 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.109 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9043, 38.3733, 48.6279)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B3	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B8B3

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

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