#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -34.76, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 35.68, 193.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.1062 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.109 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0058, 38.4139, 49.1625)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B4	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)

#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

Preview with #38B8B4

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

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