#38BBB4#38BBB4

#38BBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB4
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -36.16, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 36.77, 190.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.1092 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.111 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6356, 39.6735, 49.3724)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB4 #BB383F

analogous

#38BB73 #38BBB4 #3880BB

triadic

#38BBB4 #B438BB #BBB438

tetradic

#38BBB4 #7338BB #BB383F #80BB38

square

#38BBB4 #7338BB #BB383F #80BB38

split-complementary

#38BBB4 #BB3880 #BB7338

monochromatic

#1C5D59 #2A8C87 #38BBB4 #61D0CA #90DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#38BBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#38BBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB4	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ca',
    500: '#38bbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb4;
$custom-light: #82d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72141,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB4

secondary

#C8868A

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB4

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

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