#38BEB8#38BEB8

#38BEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BEB8
RGBrgb(56, 190, 184)
HSLhsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSVhsv(177, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.26, -36.41, -7.36)
CIE-LCHlch(70.26, 37.15, 191.43°)
OKLaboklab(73.01% -0.1104 -0.0206)
OKLCHoklch(73.01% 0.112 190.6)
XYZxyz(28.6921, 41.1250, 51.7639)
Luminance0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BEB8 #BE383E
analogous
#38BE75 #38BEB8 #3881BE
triadic
#38BEB8 #B838BE #BEB838
tetradic
#38BEB8 #7538BE #BE383E #81BE38
square
#38BEB8 #7538BE #BE383E #81BE38
split-complementary
#38BEB8 #BE3881 #BE7538
monochromatic
#1C5F5C #2A8F8A #38BEB8 #62D1CC #92DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#38BEB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23
#38BEB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB8
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BEB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BEB81.002.289.239.23
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2321.001.001.00
##0000009.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3B4B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA6B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38beb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 190.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2cd',
    500: '#38beb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38beb8;
$custom-light: #83d2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38beb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.313,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BEB8
secondary
#CA888B
accent
#4A51DE
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#38BEB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva