#38B9BC#38B9BC

#38B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.109 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9BC
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -32.92, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.92, 199.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1036 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.109 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0529, 39.1662, 53.6486)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9BC #BC3B38

analogous

#38BC7D #38B9BC #3877BC

triadic

#38B9BC #BC38B9 #B9BC38

tetradic

#38B9BC #7D38BC #BC3B38 #77BC38

square

#38B9BC #7D38BC #BC3B38 #77BC38

split-complementary

#38B9BC #BC3877 #BC7D38

monochromatic

#1C5C5E #2A8B8D #38B9BC #61CDD0 #90DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#38B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#38B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9BC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9BC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.109 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#38b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9bc;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71925,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9BC

secondary

#C98887

accent

#4E4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9BC

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

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