#38BBB7#38BBB7

#38BBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.110 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB7
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -35.31, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 36.25, 193.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1078 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.11 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.9445, 39.7970, 50.9994)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB7 #BB383C

analogous

#38BB76 #38BBB7 #387DBB

triadic

#38BBB7 #B738BB #BBB738

tetradic

#38BBB7 #7638BB #BB383C #7DBB38

square

#38BBB7 #7638BB #BB383C #7DBB38

split-complementary

#38BBB7 #BB387D #BB7638

monochromatic

#1C5D5B #2A8C89 #38BBB7 #61D0CC #90DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#38BBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB7

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB7	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.110 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cc',
    500: '#38bbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb7;
$custom-light: #82d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.168,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB7

secondary

#C88688

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB7

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

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