#38B9B4#38B9B4

#38B9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9B4
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -35.23, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 36.04, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1072 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.109 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2143, 38.8308, 49.2320)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9B4 #B9383D

analogous

#38B973 #38B9B4 #387EB9

triadic

#38B9B4 #B438B9 #B9B438

tetradic

#38B9B4 #7338B9 #B9383D #7EB938

square

#38B9B4 #7338B9 #B9383D #7EB938

split-complementary

#38B9B4 #B9387E #B97338

monochromatic

#1C5B59 #2A8A86 #38B9B4 #5FCFCA #8EDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#38B9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#38B9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9B4

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9B4	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)

#AEAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ceca',
    500: '#38b9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9b4;
$custom-light: #82ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.674,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9B4

secondary

#C88588

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9B4

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

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