#38B8B7#38B8B7

#38B8B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B7
RGBrgb(56, 184, 183)
HSLhsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.41, -33.90, -9.57)
CIE-LCHlch(68.41, 35.22, 195.76°)
OKLaboklab(71.5% -0.1048 -0.0266)
OKLCHoklch(71.5% 0.108 194.2)
XYZxyz(27.3147, 38.5374, 50.7895)
Luminance0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B7 #B83839
analogous
#38B877 #38B8B7 #3879B8
triadic
#38B8B7 #B738B8 #B8B738
tetradic
#38B8B7 #7738B8 #B83839 #79B838
square
#38B8B7 #7738B8 #B83839 #79B838
split-complementary
#38B8B7 #B83879 #B87738
monochromatic
#1B5A5A #2A8988 #38B8B7 #5FCECD #8EDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#38B8B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71
#38B8B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B7
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B71.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAFB7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A1B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecc',
    500: '#38b8b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b7;
$custom-light: #82cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.531,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71503,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B7
secondary
#C78585
accent
#4B4CDD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B8B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva