#38BBB8#38BBB8

#38BBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBB8
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -35.02, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 36.09, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1074 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.11 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0490, 39.8388, 51.5495)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBB8 #BB383B

analogous

#38BB76 #38BBB8 #387CBB

triadic

#38BBB8 #B838BB #BBB838

tetradic

#38BBB8 #7638BB #BB383B #7CBB38

square

#38BBB8 #7638BB #BB383B #7CBB38

split-complementary

#38BBB8 #BB387C #BB7638

monochromatic

#1C5D5B #2A8C8A #38BBB8 #61D0CD #90DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#38BBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBB8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBB8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cd',
    500: '#38bbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbb8;
$custom-light: #82d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.626,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBB8

secondary

#C88688

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBB8

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

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