#38BCB8#38BCB8

#38BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB8
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -35.49, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 36.44, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1084 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.111 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.2619, 40.2646, 51.6205)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB8 #BC383C

analogous

#38BC76 #38BCB8 #387EBC

triadic

#38BCB8 #B838BC #BCB838

tetradic

#38BCB8 #7638BC #BC383C #7EBC38

square

#38BCB8 #7638BC #BC383C #7EBC38

split-complementary

#38BCB8 #BC387E #BC7638

monochromatic

#1C5E5C #2A8D8A #38BCB8 #61D0CD #90DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#38BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB8	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)

#B1B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0cd',
    500: '#38bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb8;
$custom-light: #82d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB8

secondary

#C98789

accent

#4A4FDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB8

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

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