#38BEB5#38BEB5

#38BEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB5
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -37.26, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 37.71, 188.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1118 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.113 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3809, 41.0005, 50.1252)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB5 #BE3841

analogous

#38BE72 #38BEB5 #3884BE

triadic

#38BEB5 #B538BE #BEB538

tetradic

#38BEB5 #7238BE #BE3841 #84BE38

square

#38BEB5 #7238BE #BE3841 #84BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB5 #BE3884 #BE7238

monochromatic

#1C5F5B #2A8F88 #38BEB5 #62D1C9 #92DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#38BEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d2cb',
    500: '#38beb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb5;
$custom-light: #82d2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB5

secondary

#CA888C

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB5

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

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