#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -33.61, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 35.09, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1044 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.108 195)
XYZ	xyz(27.4192, 38.5792, 51.3396)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B8	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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