#38BEBA#38BEBA

#38BEBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEBA
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -35.85, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 36.81, 193.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1095 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.112 192)
XYZ	xyz(28.9032, 41.2094, 52.8758)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEBA #BE383C

analogous

#38BE77 #38BEBA #387FBE

triadic

#38BEBA #BA38BE #BEBA38

tetradic

#38BEBA #7738BE #BE383C #7FBE38

square

#38BEBA #7738BE #BE383C #7FBE38

split-complementary

#38BEBA #BE387F #BE7738

monochromatic

#1C5F5D #2A8F8C #38BEBA #62D1CE #92DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#38BEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEBA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEBA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38beba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 192.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38beba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73082,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEBA

secondary

#CA888A

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEBA

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

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