#38B9B5#38B9B5

#38B9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.109 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B9B5
RGBrgb(56, 185, 181)
HSLhsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.66, -34.94, -8.10)
CIE-LCHlch(68.66, 35.87, 193.05°)
OKLaboklab(71.68% -0.1067 -0.0226)
OKLCHoklch(71.68% 0.109 191.9)
XYZxyz(27.3165, 38.8717, 49.7704)
Luminance0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B9B5 #B9383C
analogous
#38B975 #38B9B5 #387CB9
triadic
#38B9B5 #B538B9 #B9B538
tetradic
#38B9B5 #7538B9 #B9383C #7CB938
square
#38B9B5 #7538B9 #B9383C #7CB938
split-complementary
#38B9B5 #B9387C #B97538
monochromatic
#1C5B59 #2A8A87 #38B9B5 #5FCFCB #8EDDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#38B9B5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77
#38B9B5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9B5
8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B9B5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B9B51.002.398.778.77
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEB0B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA2B6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.109 191.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cecb',
    500: '#38b9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b9b5;
$custom-light: #82cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B9B5
secondary
#C88587
accent
#4B4FDD
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9B5

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#38B9B5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva