#38B8BF#38B8BF

#38B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B8BF
RGB	rgb(56, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -31.56, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 34.37, 203.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1014 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.108 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1712, 38.8800, 55.3000)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B8BF #BF3F38

analogous

#38BF82 #38B8BF #3874BF

triadic

#38B8BF #BF38B8 #B8BF38

tetradic

#38B8BF #8238BF #BF3F38 #74BF38

square

#38B8BF #8238BF #BF3F38 #74BF38

split-complementary

#38B8BF #BF3874 #BF8238

monochromatic

#1C5D60 #2A8A90 #38B8BF #63CCD1 #92DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#38B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#38B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B8BF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B8BF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdd2',
    500: '#38b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b8bf;
$custom-light: #83cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71788,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B8BF

secondary

#CA8C89

accent

#514ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B8BF

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

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