#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
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -36.41, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 37.15, 191.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1104 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.112 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6921, 41.1250, 51.7639)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##38BEB8	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #38BEB8

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

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