#38B8BE#38B8BE

#38B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B8BE
RGBrgb(56, 184, 190)
HSLhsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.63, -31.86, -13.09)
CIE-LCHlch(68.63, 34.44, 202.34°)
OKLaboklab(71.75% -0.1018 -0.0363)
OKLCHoklch(71.75% 0.108 199.7)
XYZxyz(28.0615, 38.8361, 54.7224)
Luminance0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B8BE #BE3E38
analogous
#38BE81 #38B8BE #3875BE
triadic
#38B8BE #BE38B8 #B8BE38
tetradic
#38B8BE #8138BE #BE3E38 #75BE38
square
#38B8BE #8138BE #BE3E38 #75BE38
split-complementary
#38B8BE #BE3875 #BE8138
monochromatic
#1C5C5F #2A8A8F #38B8BE #62CCD1 #92DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#38B8BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77
#38B8BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BE
8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B8BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B8BE1.002.408.778.77
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB0BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A1BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 199.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd1',
    500: '#38b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b8be;
$custom-light: #82cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B8BE
secondary
#CA8B88
accent
#514ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B8BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva