#38BCB1#38BCB1

#38BCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB1
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -37.45, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 37.75, 187.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1115 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.112 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5462, 39.9783, 47.8513)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB1 #BC3843

analogous

#38BC6F #38BCB1 #3885BC

triadic

#38BCB1 #B138BC #BCB138

tetradic

#38BCB1 #6F38BC #BC3843 #85BC38

square

#38BCB1 #6F38BC #BC3843 #85BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB1 #BC3885 #BC6F38

monochromatic

#1C5E58 #2A8D85 #38BCB1 #61D0C7 #90DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB1

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB1	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)

#B2B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c8',
    500: '#38bcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb1;
$custom-light: #82d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB1

secondary

#C9878C

accent

#4A57DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB1

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

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