#38B8BA#38B8BA

#38B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8BA
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -33.03, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.84, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1035 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.108 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6303, 38.6637, 52.4515)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8BA #BA3A38

analogous

#38BA7B #38B8BA #3877BA

triadic

#38B8BA #BA38B8 #B8BA38

tetradic

#38B8BA #7B38BA #BA3A38 #77BA38

square

#38B8BA #7B38BA #BA3A38 #77BA38

split-complementary

#38B8BA #BA3877 #BA7B38

monochromatic

#1C5B5C #2A898B #38B8BA #60CDCF #8FDCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8BA	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cece',
    500: '#38b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8ba;
$custom-light: #82cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8BA

secondary

#C88786

accent

#4D4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8BA

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

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