#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
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -38.63, -3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 38.78, 184.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.114 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.114 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8771, 40.7990, 47.4717)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38BEB0	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BEB0

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

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