#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
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -38.36, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 38.55, 185.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1136 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.114 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9764, 40.8387, 47.9947)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38BEB1	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BEB1

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

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