#38B8BD#38B8BD

#38B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8BD
RGBrgb(56, 184, 189)
HSLhsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.60, -32.15, -12.59)
CIE-LCHlch(68.60, 34.53, 201.39°)
OKLaboklab(71.72% -0.1022 -0.0349)
OKLCHoklch(71.72% 0.108 198.9)
XYZxyz(27.9526, 38.7926, 54.1488)
Luminance0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8BD #BD3D38
analogous
#38BD80 #38B8BD #3875BD
triadic
#38B8BD #BD38B8 #B8BD38
tetradic
#38B8BD #8038BD #BD3D38 #75BD38
square
#38B8BD #8038BD #BD3D38 #75BD38
split-complementary
#38B8BD #BD3875 #BD8038
monochromatic
#1C5C5F #2A8A8E #38B8BD #62CCD0 #91DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#38B8BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76
#38B8BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BD
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8BD1.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB0BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A1BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.108 198.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#38b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71716,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8BD
secondary
#C98A87
accent
#504ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

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#38B8BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva