#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
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -31.86, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 34.44, 202.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1018 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0615, 38.8361, 54.7224)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##38B8BE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B8BE

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

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