#38B8B5#38B8B5

#38B8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8B5
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -34.47, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 35.52, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1057 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.108 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1081, 38.4548, 49.7009)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8B5 #B8383B

analogous

#38B875 #38B8B5 #387BB8

triadic

#38B8B5 #B538B8 #B8B538

tetradic

#38B8B5 #7538B8 #B8383B #7BB838

square

#38B8B5 #7538B8 #B8383B #7BB838

split-complementary

#38B8B5 #B8387B #B87538

monochromatic

#1B5A59 #2A8987 #38B8B5 #5FCECC #8EDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#38B8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#38B8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B5

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8B5	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecb',
    500: '#38b8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8b5;
$custom-light: #82cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.594,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71434,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8B5

secondary

#C78586

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8B5

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

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