#38BEB4#38BEB4

#38BEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB4
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -37.53, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 37.91, 188.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1122 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.113 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2787, 40.9596, 49.5868)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB4 #BE3842

analogous

#38BE71 #38BEB4 #3885BE

triadic

#38BEB4 #B438BE #BEB438

tetradic

#38BEB4 #7138BE #BE3842 #85BE38

square

#38BEB4 #7138BE #BE3842 #85BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB4 #BE3885 #BE7138

monochromatic

#1C5F5A #2A8F87 #38BEB4 #62D1C9 #92DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#38BEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB4

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB4	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2ca',
    500: '#38beb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb4;
$custom-light: #82d2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB4

secondary

#CA888D

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB4

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

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