#38BEB3#38BEB3

#38BEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB3
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -37.81, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 38.12, 187.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1127 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.113 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1772, 40.9190, 49.0522)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB3 #BE3843

analogous

#38BE70 #38BEB3 #3886BE

triadic

#38BEB3 #B338BE #BEB338

tetradic

#38BEB3 #7038BE #BE3843 #86BE38

square

#38BEB3 #7038BE #BE3843 #86BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB3 #BE3886 #BE7038

monochromatic

#1C5F5A #2A8F86 #38BEB3 #62D1C8 #92DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#38BEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#38BEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB3	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)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2c9',
    500: '#38beb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb3;
$custom-light: #82d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB3

secondary

#CA888D

accent

#4A56DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB3

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

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