#38B9BD#38B9BD

#38B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38B9BD
RGBrgb(56, 185, 189)
HSLhsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(70.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.90, -32.63, -12.14)
CIE-LCHlch(68.90, 34.82, 200.41°)
OKLaboklab(71.96% -0.1032 -0.0337)
OKLCHoklch(71.96% 0.109 198.1)
XYZxyz(28.1610, 39.2095, 54.2183)
Luminance0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38B9BD #BD3C38
analogous
#38BD7F #38B9BD #3876BD
triadic
#38B9BD #BD38B9 #B9BD38
tetradic
#38B9BD #7F38BD #BD3C38 #76BD38
square
#38B9BD #7F38BD #BD3C38 #76BD38
split-complementary
#38B9BD #BD3876 #BD7F38
monochromatic
#1C5D5F #2A8B8E #38B9BD #62CDD0 #91DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#38B9BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#38B9BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9BD
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38B9BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38B9BD1.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB0BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A2BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 198.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced0',
    500: '#38b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38b9bd;
$custom-light: #82ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.805,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38B9BD
secondary
#C98987
accent
#4F4ADE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38B9BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva