#38BEB1#38BEB1

#38BEB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BEB1
RGBrgb(56, 190, 177)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.06, -38.36, -3.83)
CIE-LCHlch(70.06, 38.55, 185.69°)
OKLaboklab(72.79% -0.1136 -0.011)
OKLCHoklch(72.79% 0.114 185.5)
XYZxyz(27.9764, 40.8387, 47.9947)
Luminance0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BEB1 #BE3845
analogous
#38BE6E #38BEB1 #3888BE
triadic
#38BEB1 #B138BE #BEB138
tetradic
#38BEB1 #6E38BE #BE3845 #88BE38
square
#38BEB1 #6E38BE #BE3845 #88BE38
split-complementary
#38BEB1 #BE3888 #BE6E38
monochromatic
#1C5F59 #2A8F85 #38BEB1 #62D1C6 #92DFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#38BEB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#38BEB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB1
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BEB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BEB11.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B3B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1A5B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38beb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 185.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c8',
    500: '#38beb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38beb1;
$custom-light: #82d2c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38beb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.179,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72785,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BEB1
secondary
#CA888E
accent
#4A58DE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38BEB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva