#38BBBE#38BBBE

#38BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BBBE
RGB	rgb(56, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -33.29, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 35.30, 199.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1048 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6913, 40.0957, 54.9323)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BBBE #BE3B38

analogous

#38BE7E #38BBBE #3878BE

triadic

#38BBBE #BE38BB #BBBE38

tetradic

#38BBBE #7E38BE #BE3B38 #78BE38

square

#38BBBE #7E38BE #BE3B38 #78BE38

split-complementary

#38BBBE #BE3878 #BE7E38

monochromatic

#1C5E5F #2A8C8F #38BBBE #62CED1 #92DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BBBE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BBBE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d1',
    500: '#38bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bbbe;
$custom-light: #83d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BBBE

secondary

#CA8A88

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BBBE

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

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