#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -32.15, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 34.53, 201.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.1022 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9526, 38.7926, 54.1488)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B8BD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8BD

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

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