#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
RGBrgb(56, 184, 186)
HSLhsl(181, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.51, -33.03, -11.08)
CIE-LCHlch(68.51, 34.84, 198.54°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% -0.1035 -0.0308)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.108 196.6)
XYZxyz(27.6303, 38.6637, 52.4515)
Luminance0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##38B8BA1.002.408.738.73
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#38B8BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva