#38BBBD#38BBBD

#38BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBBD
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -33.58, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 35.41, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1052 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.11 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5824, 40.0522, 54.3587)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBBD #BD3A38

analogous

#38BD7C #38BBBD #3879BD

triadic

#38BBBD #BD38BB #BBBD38

tetradic

#38BBBD #7C38BD #BD3A38 #79BD38

square

#38BBBD #7C38BD #BD3A38 #79BD38

split-complementary

#38BBBD #BD3879 #BD7C38

monochromatic

#1C5E5F #2A8C8E #38BBBD #62CFD0 #91DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBBD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBBD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 196.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBBD

secondary

#C98887

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBBD

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

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