#38BEB0#38BEB0

#38BEB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BEB0
RGBrgb(56, 190, 176)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.03, -38.63, -3.32)
CIE-LCHlch(70.03, 38.78, 184.91°)
OKLaboklab(72.75% -0.114 -0.0096)
OKLCHoklch(72.75% 0.114 184.8)
XYZxyz(27.8771, 40.7990, 47.4717)
Luminance0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BEB0 #BE3846
analogous
#38BE6D #38BEB0 #3889BE
triadic
#38BEB0 #B038BE #BEB038
tetradic
#38BEB0 #6D38BE #BE3846 #89BE38
square
#38BEB0 #6D38BE #BE3846 #89BE38
split-complementary
#38BEB0 #BE3889 #BE6D38
monochromatic
#1C5F58 #2A8F84 #38BEB0 #62D1C5 #92DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38BEB0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#38BEB0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB0
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BEB0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BEB01.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B3B0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1A5B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38beb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 184.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c7',
    500: '#38beb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38beb0;
$custom-light: #82d2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38beb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BEB0
secondary
#CA888F
accent
#4A59DE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38BEB0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva