#38B9BE#38B9BE

#38B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9BE
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -32.34, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 34.72, 201.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1028 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.109 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2700, 39.2531, 54.7919)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9BE #BE3D38

analogous

#38BE80 #38B9BE #3876BE

triadic

#38B9BE #BE38B9 #B9BE38

tetradic

#38B9BE #8038BE #BE3D38 #76BE38

square

#38B9BE #8038BE #BE3D38 #76BE38

split-complementary

#38B9BE #BE3876 #BE8038

monochromatic

#1C5D5F #2A8B8F #38B9BE #62CDD1 #92DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9BE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9BE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced1',
    500: '#38b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9be;
$custom-light: #83ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9BE

secondary

#CA8B88

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9BE

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

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