#38B9B0#38B9B0

#38B9B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9B0
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -36.35, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 36.78, 188.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.109 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.11 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8127, 38.6701, 47.1169)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9B0 #B93841

analogous

#38B970 #38B9B0 #3882B9

triadic

#38B9B0 #B038B9 #B9B038

tetradic

#38B9B0 #7038B9 #B93841 #82B938

square

#38B9B0 #7038B9 #B93841 #82B938

split-complementary

#38B9B0 #B93882 #B97038

monochromatic

#1C5B57 #2A8A83 #38B9B0 #5FCFC7 #8EDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#38B9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9B0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9B0	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec7',
    500: '#38b9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9b0;
$custom-light: #81cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9B0

secondary

#C8858A

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9B0

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

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