#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
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -34.94, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 35.87, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1067 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.109 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3165, 38.8717, 49.7704)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38B9B5	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#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

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

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