#38BCB7#38BCB7

#38BCB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB7
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -35.77, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 36.60, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1089 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1574, 40.2228, 51.0704)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB7 #BC383D

analogous

#38BC75 #38BCB7 #387FBC

triadic

#38BCB7 #B738BC #BCB738

tetradic

#38BCB7 #7538BC #BC383D #7FBC38

square

#38BCB7 #7538BC #BC383D #7FBC38

split-complementary

#38BCB7 #BC387F #BC7538

monochromatic

#1C5E5B #2A8D89 #38BCB7 #61D0CC #90DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BCB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BCB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB7

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB7	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cc',
    500: '#38bcb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb7;
$custom-light: #82d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.727,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72488,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB7

secondary

#C98789

accent

#4A50DD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB7

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

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