#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
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -32.63, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.82, 200.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1032 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1610, 39.2095, 54.2183)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

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
##38B9BD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38B9BD

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

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