#38B8B8#38B8B8

#38B8B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B8
RGBrgb(56, 184, 184)
HSLhsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.45, -33.61, -10.07)
CIE-LCHlch(68.45, 35.09, 196.68°)
OKLaboklab(71.54% -0.1044 -0.028)
OKLCHoklch(71.54% 0.108 195)
XYZxyz(27.4192, 38.5792, 51.3396)
Luminance0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B8 #B83838
analogous
#38B878 #38B8B8 #3878B8
triadic
#38B8B8 #B838B8 #B8B838
tetradic
#38B8B8 #7838B8 #B83838 #78B838
square
#38B8B8 #7838B8 #B83838 #78B838
split-complementary
#38B8B8 #B83878 #B87838
monochromatic
#1B5A5A #2A8989 #38B8B8 #5FCECE #8EDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#38B8B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72
#38B8B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B8
8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B81.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAFB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A1B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 195.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecd',
    500: '#38b8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b8;
$custom-light: #82cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.38582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B8
secondary
#C78585
accent
#4B4BDD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8B8

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#38B8B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva