#38BCB9#38BCB9

#38BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCB9
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -35.20, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 36.28, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.108 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.111 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3671, 40.3066, 52.1745)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCB9 #BC383B

analogous

#38BC77 #38BCB9 #387DBC

triadic

#38BCB9 #B938BC #BCB938

tetradic

#38BCB9 #7738BC #BC383B #7DBC38

square

#38BCB9 #7738BC #BC383B #7DBC38

split-complementary

#38BCB9 #BC387D #BC7738

monochromatic

#1C5E5C #2A8D8B #38BCB9 #61D0CD #90DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#38BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#38BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCB9

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCB9	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0ce',
    500: '#38bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcb9;
$custom-light: #82d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72556,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCB9

secondary

#C98788

accent

#4A4EDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCB9

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

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