#38ACB2#38ACB2

#38ACB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.101 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38ACB2
RGB	rgb(56, 172, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -29.61, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 32.14, 202.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0948 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.101 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4157, 33.5574, 47.3013)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38ACB2 #B23E38

analogous

#38B27B #38ACB2 #386FB2

triadic

#38ACB2 #B238AC #ACB238

tetradic

#38ACB2 #7B38B2 #B23E38 #6FB238

square

#38ACB2 #7B38B2 #B23E38 #6FB238

split-complementary

#38ACB2 #B2386F #B27B38

monochromatic

#1B5255 #297F83 #38ACB2 #5CC6CC #8AD6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#38ACB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#38ACB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38ACB2

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38ACB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38ACB2	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38acb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 172, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.101 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5c9',
    500: '#38acb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38acb2;
$custom-light: #80c5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38acb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68368,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38ACB2

secondary

#C58581

accent

#534CDC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38ACB2

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

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