#38BBB3#38BBB3

#38BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB3
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -36.44, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 36.96, 189.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1096 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.111 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.5341, 39.6329, 48.8379)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB3 #BB3840

analogous

#38BB72 #38BBB3 #3881BB

triadic

#38BBB3 #B338BB #BBB338

tetradic

#38BBB3 #7238BB #BB3840 #81BB38

square

#38BBB3 #7238BB #BB3840 #81BB38

split-complementary

#38BBB3 #BB3881 #BB7238

monochromatic

#1C5D59 #2A8C86 #38BBB3 #61D0C9 #90DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#38BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB3

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB3	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0c9',
    500: '#38bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb3;
$custom-light: #82d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.336,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.39636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB3

secondary

#C8868A

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB3

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

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