#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 183)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -33.90, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 35.22, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1048 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.108 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3147, 38.5374, 50.7895)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B7	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B8B7

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

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