#38BEB7#38BEB7

#38BEB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB7
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 183)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -36.70, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.33, 190.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1109 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.113 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5876, 41.0832, 51.2138)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB7 #BE383F

analogous

#38BE74 #38BEB7 #3882BE

triadic

#38BEB7 #B738BE #BEB738

tetradic

#38BEB7 #7438BE #BE383F #82BE38

square

#38BEB7 #7438BE #BE383F #82BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB7 #BE3882 #BE7438

monochromatic

#1C5F5C #2A8F89 #38BEB7 #62D1CB #92DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#38BEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#38BEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB7

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB7	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2cc',
    500: '#38beb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb7;
$custom-light: #83d2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.866,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB7

secondary

#CA888B

accent

#4A52DE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB7

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

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