#38B9BF#38B9BF

#38B9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B9BF
RGB	rgb(56, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -32.04, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.63, 202.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1024 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3796, 39.2969, 55.3695)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B9BF #BF3E38

analogous

#38BF81 #38B9BF #3875BF

triadic

#38B9BF #BF38B9 #B9BF38

tetradic

#38B9BF #8138BF #BF3E38 #75BF38

square

#38B9BF #8138BF #BF3E38 #75BF38

split-complementary

#38B9BF #BF3875 #BF8138

monochromatic

#1C5D60 #2A8B90 #38B9BF #63CCD1 #92DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#38B9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B9BF

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B9BF	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ced2',
    500: '#38b9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b9bf;
$custom-light: #83ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B9BF

secondary

#CA8C89

accent

#504ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B9BF

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

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