#38B8BB#38B8BB

#38B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8BB
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -32.74, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 34.73, 199.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1031 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.108 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7370, 38.7063, 53.0133)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8BB #BB3B38

analogous

#38BB7C #38B8BB #3876BB

triadic

#38B8BB #BB38B8 #B8BB38

tetradic

#38B8BB #7C38BB #BB3B38 #76BB38

square

#38B8BB #7C38BB #BB3B38 #76BB38

split-complementary

#38B8BB #BB3876 #BB7C38

monochromatic

#1C5B5D #2A8A8C #38B8BB #61CDD0 #90DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#38B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8BB	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecf',
    500: '#38b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8bb;
$custom-light: #82cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.374,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71644,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8BB

secondary

#C88886

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8BB

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

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