#38BBBA#38BBBA

#38BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBBA
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -34.45, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 35.79, 195.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1065 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.11 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2601, 39.9233, 52.6614)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBBA #BB3839

analogous

#38BB78 #38BBBA #387ABB

triadic

#38BBBA #BA38BB #BBBA38

tetradic

#38BBBA #7838BB #BB3839 #7ABB38

square

#38BBBA #7838BB #BB3839 #7ABB38

split-complementary

#38BBBA #BB387A #BB7838

monochromatic

#1C5D5C #2A8C8B #38BBBA #61D0CF #90DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#38BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBBA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBBA	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#38bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbba;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.542,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBBA

secondary

#C88687

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBBA

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

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