#38BEB9#38BEB9

#38BEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEB9
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -36.13, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 36.98, 192.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.11 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.112 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7973, 41.1671, 52.3179)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEB9 #BE383D

analogous

#38BE76 #38BEB9 #3880BE

triadic

#38BEB9 #B938BE #BEB938

tetradic

#38BEB9 #7638BE #BE383D #80BE38

square

#38BEB9 #7638BE #BE383D #80BE38

split-complementary

#38BEB9 #BE3880 #BE7638

monochromatic

#1C5F5D #2A8F8B #38BEB9 #62D1CD #92DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#38BEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEB9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEB9	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#B3B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2ce',
    500: '#38beb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38beb9;
$custom-light: #83d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEB9

secondary

#CA888B

accent

#4A4FDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEB9

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

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