#38B8BC#38B8BC

#38B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8BC
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -32.45, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.63, 200.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1026 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.108 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8444, 38.7493, 53.5791)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8BC #BC3C38

analogous

#38BC7E #38B8BC #3876BC

triadic

#38B8BC #BC38B8 #B8BC38

tetradic

#38B8BC #7E38BC #BC3C38 #76BC38

square

#38B8BC #7E38BC #BC3C38 #76BC38

split-complementary

#38B8BC #BC3876 #BC7E38

monochromatic

#1C5C5E #2A8A8D #38B8BC #61CDD0 #90DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8BC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#38b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8bc;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7168,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8BC

secondary

#C98987

accent

#4F4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8BC

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

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