#38BCB5#38BCB5

#38BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB5
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -36.34, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 36.96, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1097 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.111 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9507, 40.1401, 49.9818)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB5 #BC383F

analogous

#38BC73 #38BCB5 #3881BC

triadic

#38BCB5 #B538BC #BCB538

tetradic

#38BCB5 #7338BC #BC383F #81BC38

square

#38BCB5 #7338BC #BC383F #81BC38

split-complementary

#38BCB5 #BC3881 #BC7338

monochromatic

#1C5E5A #2A8D88 #38BCB5 #61D0CA #90DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#38BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#38BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB5

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB5	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d1cb',
    500: '#38bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb5;
$custom-light: #82d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72421,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB5

secondary

#C9878A

accent

#4A52DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB5

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

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