#38C8BB#38C8BB

#38C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C8BB
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -40.13, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 40.37, 186.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.119 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.12 186)
XYZ	xyz(31.2505, 45.7334, 54.1845)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C8BB #C83845

analogous

#38C873 #38C8BB #388DC8

triadic

#38C8BB #BB38C8 #C8BB38

tetradic

#38C8BB #7338C8 #C83845 #8DC838

square

#38C8BB #7338C8 #C83845 #8DC838

split-complementary

#38C8BB #C8388D #C87338

monochromatic

#1D6962 #2A998F #38C8BB #68D5CB #98E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#38C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#38C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C8BB

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C8BB	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d9cf',
    500: '#38c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c8bb;
$custom-light: #84d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.45737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C8BB

secondary

#CE8E94

accent

#4856E0

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C8BB

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

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