#38BEBB#38BEBB

#38BEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEBB
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -35.56, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 36.65, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1091 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.112 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0099, 41.2521, 53.4376)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEBB #BE383B

analogous

#38BE78 #38BEBB #387EBE

triadic

#38BEBB #BB38BE #BEBB38

tetradic

#38BEBB #7838BE #BE383B #7EBE38

square

#38BEBB #7838BE #BE383B #7EBE38

split-complementary

#38BEBB #BE387E #BE7838

monochromatic

#1C5F5E #2A8F8C #38BEBB #62D1CE #92DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#38BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEBB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEBB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2cf',
    500: '#38bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bebb;
$custom-light: #83d2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEBB

secondary

#CA888A

accent

#4A4DDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEBB

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

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