#38B8B9#38B8B9

#38B8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8B9
RGBrgb(56, 184, 185)
HSLhsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.48, -33.32, -10.58)
CIE-LCHlch(68.48, 34.96, 197.61°)
OKLaboklab(71.57% -0.1039 -0.0294)
OKLCHoklch(71.57% 0.108 195.8)
XYZxyz(27.5244, 38.6213, 51.8936)
Luminance0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8B9 #B93938
analogous
#38B97A #38B8B9 #3878B9
triadic
#38B8B9 #B938B8 #B8B938
tetradic
#38B8B9 #7A38B9 #B93938 #78B938
square
#38B8B9 #7A38B9 #B93938 #78B938
split-complementary
#38B8B9 #B93878 #B97A38
monochromatic
#1C5B5B #2A898A #38B8B9 #5FCECF #8EDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#38B8B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73
#38B8B9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8B9
8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8B9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8B91.002.418.738.73
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACAFB9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A1BA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 195.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cece',
    500: '#38b8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8b9;
$custom-light: #82cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.465,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8B9
secondary
#C88685
accent
#4C4BDD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8B9

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#38B8B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva