#38BCB2#38BCB2

#38BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB2
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -37.17, -5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 37.54, 188.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1111 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.112 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6462, 40.0183, 48.3781)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB2 #BC3842

analogous

#38BC70 #38BCB2 #3884BC

triadic

#38BCB2 #B238BC #BCB238

tetradic

#38BCB2 #7038BC #BC3842 #84BC38

square

#38BCB2 #7038BC #BC3842 #84BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB2 #BC3884 #BC7038

monochromatic

#1C5E59 #2A8D85 #38BCB2 #61D0C8 #90DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#38BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB2

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB2	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)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c9',
    500: '#38bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb2;
$custom-light: #82d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72322,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB2

secondary

#C9878C

accent

#4A55DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB2

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

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