#38B9BA#38B9BA

#38B9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9BA
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -33.51, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 35.15, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1045 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.109 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8388, 39.0806, 52.5210)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9BA #BA3938

analogous

#38BA7A #38B9BA #3878BA

triadic

#38B9BA #BA38B9 #B9BA38

tetradic

#38B9BA #7A38BA #BA3938 #78BA38

square

#38B9BA #7A38BA #BA3938 #78BA38

split-complementary

#38B9BA #BA3878 #BA7A38

monochromatic

#1C5B5C #2A8A8B #38B9BA #60CECF #8FDDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38B9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#38B9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9BA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9BA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cece',
    500: '#38b9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9ba;
$custom-light: #82cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9BA

secondary

#C88686

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9BA

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

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