#38BCBF#38BCBF

#38BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.110 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BCBF
RGB	rgb(56, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -33.47, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 35.49, 199.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.1053 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.11 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0138, 40.5654, 55.5809)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BCBF #BF3B38

analogous

#38BF7E #38BCBF #3878BF

triadic

#38BCBF #BF38BC #BCBF38

tetradic

#38BCBF #7E38BF #BF3B38 #78BF38

square

#38BCBF #7E38BF #BF3B38 #78BF38

split-complementary

#38BCBF #BF3878 #BF7E38

monochromatic

#1C5F60 #2A8D90 #38BCBF #63CFD1 #92DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#38BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#38BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BCBF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BCBF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.110 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0d2',
    500: '#38bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bcbf;
$custom-light: #83d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BCBF

secondary

#CA8A89

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BCBF

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

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