#38B9B3#38B9B3

#38B9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9B3
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -35.51, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 36.21, 191.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1076 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.109 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1128, 38.7902, 48.6974)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9B3 #B9383E

analogous

#38B972 #38B9B3 #387FB9

triadic

#38B9B3 #B338B9 #B9B338

tetradic

#38B9B3 #7238B9 #B9383E #7FB938

square

#38B9B3 #7238B9 #B9383E #7FB938

split-complementary

#38B9B3 #B9387F #B97238

monochromatic

#1C5B58 #2A8A86 #38B9B3 #5FCFCA #8EDDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#38B9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9B3

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9B3	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cec9',
    500: '#38b9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9b3;
$custom-light: #82cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71613,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9B3

secondary

#C88588

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9B3

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

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