#38BEBC#38BEBC

#38BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEBC
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -35.28, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 36.50, 194.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1087 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.112 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1173, 41.2951, 54.0034)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEBC #BE383A

analogous

#38BE79 #38BEBC #387DBE

triadic

#38BEBC #BC38BE #BEBC38

tetradic

#38BEBC #7938BE #BE383A #7DBE38

square

#38BEBC #7938BE #BE383A #7DBE38

split-complementary

#38BEBC #BE387D #BE7938

monochromatic

#1C5F5E #2A8F8D #38BEBC #62D1CF #92DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#38BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#38BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEBC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEBC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d0',
    500: '#38bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bebc;
$custom-light: #83d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEBC

secondary

#CA8889

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEBC

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

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