#38BBBB#38BBBB

#38BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBBB
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -34.16, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 35.66, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1061 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.11 195)
XYZ	xyz(28.3668, 39.9659, 53.2232)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBBB #BB3838

analogous

#38BB79 #38BBBB #3879BB

triadic

#38BBBB #BB38BB #BBBB38

tetradic

#38BBBB #7938BB #BB3838 #79BB38

square

#38BBBB #7938BB #BB3838 #79BB38

split-complementary

#38BBBB #BB3879 #BB7938

monochromatic

#1C5D5D #2A8C8C #38BBBB #61D0D0 #90DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#38BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBBB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBBB	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cf',
    500: '#38bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbbb;
$custom-light: #82d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7238,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.39969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBBB

secondary

#C88686

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBBB

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

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