#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -33.32, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 34.96, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1039 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5244, 38.6213, 51.8936)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8B9	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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