#38B9B2#38B9B2

#38B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9B2
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -35.79, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 36.39, 190.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1081 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.11 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0120, 38.7499, 48.1667)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9B2 #B9383F

analogous

#38B971 #38B9B2 #3880B9

triadic

#38B9B2 #B238B9 #B9B238

tetradic

#38B9B2 #7138B9 #B9383F #80B938

square

#38B9B2 #7138B9 #B9383F #80B938

split-complementary

#38B9B2 #B93880 #B97138

monochromatic

#1C5B58 #2A8A85 #38B9B2 #5FCFC9 #8EDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#38B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9B2

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9B2	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec9',
    500: '#38b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9b2;
$custom-light: #81cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.744,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9B2

secondary

#C88589

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9B2

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

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