#38BCB3#38BCB3

#38BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB3
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -36.90, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 37.34, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1106 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.112 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7470, 40.0586, 48.9088)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB3 #BC3841

analogous

#38BC71 #38BCB3 #3883BC

triadic

#38BCB3 #B338BC #BCB338

tetradic

#38BCB3 #7138BC #BC3841 #83BC38

square

#38BCB3 #7138BC #BC3841 #83BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB3 #BC3883 #BC7138

monochromatic

#1C5E59 #2A8D86 #38BCB3 #61D0C8 #90DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#38BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB3

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB3	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)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1c9',
    500: '#38bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb3;
$custom-light: #82d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB3

secondary

#C9878B

accent

#4A54DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB3

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

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