#38BEBE#38BEBE

#38BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEBE
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -34.70, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 36.22, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1078 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.112 195)
XYZ	xyz(29.3344, 41.3819, 55.1467)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEBE #BE3838

analogous

#38BE7B #38BEBE #387BBE

triadic

#38BEBE #BE38BE #BEBE38

tetradic

#38BEBE #7B38BE #BE3838 #7BBE38

square

#38BEBE #7B38BE #BE3838 #7BBE38

split-complementary

#38BEBE #BE387B #BE7B38

monochromatic

#1C5F5F #2A8F8F #38BEBE #62D1D1 #92DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#38BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#38BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEBE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEBE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d2d1',
    500: '#38bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bebe;
$custom-light: #83d2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.41385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEBE

secondary

#CA8888

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEBE

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

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