#38BBB0#38BBB0

#38BBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB0
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -37.27, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 37.56, 187.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.111 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.112 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2340, 39.5128, 47.2573)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB0 #BB3843

analogous

#38BB6F #38BBB0 #3884BB

triadic

#38BBB0 #B038BB #BBB038

tetradic

#38BBB0 #6F38BB #BB3843 #84BB38

square

#38BBB0 #6F38BB #BB3843 #84BB38

split-complementary

#38BBB0 #BB3884 #BB6F38

monochromatic

#1C5D57 #2A8C84 #38BBB0 #61D0C6 #90DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#38BBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#38BBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB0	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0c7',
    500: '#38bbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb0;
$custom-light: #82d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72009,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB0

secondary

#C8868C

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB0

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

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