#38BEB2#38BEB2

#38BEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB2
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -38.09, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 38.33, 186.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1131 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.114 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0764, 40.8787, 48.5215)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB2 #BE3844

analogous

#38BE6F #38BEB2 #3887BE

triadic

#38BEB2 #B238BE #BEB238

tetradic

#38BEB2 #6F38BE #BE3844 #87BE38

square

#38BEB2 #6F38BE #BE3844 #87BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB2 #BE3887 #BE6F38

monochromatic

#1C5F59 #2A8F86 #38BEB2 #62D1C7 #92DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c9',
    500: '#38beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb2;
$custom-light: #82d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.627,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.11378,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB2

secondary

#CA888E

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB2

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

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