#38B8B4#38B8B4

#38B8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B4
RGBrgb(56, 184, 180)
HSLhsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.32, -34.76, -8.05)
CIE-LCHlch(68.32, 35.68, 193.03°)
OKLaboklab(71.4% -0.1062 -0.0224)
OKLCHoklch(71.4% 0.109 191.9)
XYZxyz(27.0058, 38.4139, 49.1625)
Luminance0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B4 #B8383C
analogous
#38B874 #38B8B4 #387CB8
triadic
#38B8B4 #B438B8 #B8B438
tetradic
#38B8B4 #7438B8 #B8383C #7CB838
square
#38B8B4 #7438B8 #B8383C #7CB838
split-complementary
#38B8B4 #B8387C #B87438
monochromatic
#1B5A58 #2A8986 #38B8B4 #5FCECB #8EDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#38B8B4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#38B8B4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B4
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B41.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ADAFB4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AA1B5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 191.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ceca',
    500: '#38b8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b4;
$custom-light: #81ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B4
secondary
#C78587
accent
#4B50DD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B8B4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva