#38BCB4#38BCB4

#38BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB4
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -36.62, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.14, 189.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1102 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.112 189)
XYZ	xyz(27.8485, 40.0992, 49.4434)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB4 #BC3840

analogous

#38BC72 #38BCB4 #3882BC

triadic

#38BCB4 #B438BC #BCB438

tetradic

#38BCB4 #7238BC #BC3840 #82BC38

square

#38BCB4 #7238BC #BC3840 #82BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB4 #BC3882 #BC7238

monochromatic

#1C5E5A #2A8D87 #38BCB4 #61D0C9 #90DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#38BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB4	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)

#B1B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1ca',
    500: '#38bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb4;
$custom-light: #82d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB4

secondary

#C9878B

accent

#4A53DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →