#38BBBC#38BBBC

#38BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBBC
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -33.87, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 35.53, 197.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1057 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.11 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4742, 40.0089, 53.7890)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBBC #BC3938

analogous

#38BC7B #38BBBC #3879BC

triadic

#38BBBC #BC38BB #BBBC38

tetradic

#38BBBC #7B38BC #BC3938 #79BC38

square

#38BBBC #7B38BC #BC3938 #79BC38

split-complementary

#38BBBC #BC3879 #BC7B38

monochromatic

#1C5D5E #2A8C8D #38BBBC #61CFD0 #90DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBBC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBBC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d0',
    500: '#38bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbbc;
$custom-light: #83d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBBC

secondary

#C98787

accent

#4B4ADD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBBC

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

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